French parliament suspends Covid debate after Macron ‘piss off’ remarkPARIS – French parliament suspended debate on a new Covid-19 law early yesterday as opposition lawmakers demanded explanations from President Emmanuel Macron about comments in which he said he wanted to “piss off” unvaccinated people.Macron made the remark in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper published late on Tuesday. He also said unvaccinated people were “irresponsible” and that he planned to make their lives so complicated that they would end up having a vaccine.The interview was published shortly before lawmakers were to resume a debate over the new legislation, which will make it mandatory for people to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter a restaurant or cinema, or take the train.The session was rapidly taken over by discussion of his comments.“A president cannot say such things,” lawmaker Christian Jacob, who chairs the opposition, conservative Les Republicans party, told parliament. “I’m in favour of the vaccine […]
French parliament suspends Covid debate after Macron ‘piss off’ remark
