The vaccination pass will allow “to avoid much more coercive measures”, such as “targeted confinements” or “curfews”, insisted Sunday the president LREM of the commission of Laws Yaël Braun-Pivet, on the eve of the arrival of the bill in the National Assembly.
The text transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, examined from Monday in the Assembly and Wednesday in the Senate, is “the right way to go”, she insisted on Radio J. Because “if it does not work , it will be necessary to consider much more coercive measures “, such as” compulsory vaccination “,” targeted confinements “,” the return to curfew “or” new closures “.
With more than 200,000 contaminations per day, “there is an emergency”, underlined Ms. Braun-Pivet, who wishes for “January 15 at the latest” the entry into force of the new pass prohibiting unvaccinated access to leisure activities, restaurants and bars and interregional public transport. A negative test will no longer suffice, except for access to health establishments and services.
“We have an epidemic situation which is factually very serious, the government and the majority have decided to cope very quickly”, she said, recalling that the Law Committee met on December 29 for only “the second time in the history of the Fifth Republic between Christmas and New Year “.
Faced with criticism from the opposition, she declared that “the generalized control society” mentioned by rebellious deputy Eric Coquerel “only exists in her head”, and considered “ridiculous” the accusations of Marine Le Pen on the rear -election thoughts that Emmanuel Macron would cultivate.
“We debated for over 10 hours”
“In the Laws Committee, we debated for more than 10 hours. All political parties were represented, except the National Rally” which is content, according to her, to be agitated “on Twitter and Facebook”.
The toughening of sanctions and the possibility for establishment managers to verify identities constitute “the best way to fight against false passes” which are “in circulation by the hundreds of thousands”, according to her.
These identity checks, “it exists in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, it’s really customary” and “the same” as when a cashier asks for proof of identity to refuse a “15-year-old minor to buy a bottle of vodka in a supermarket “.
Ms. Braun-Pivet was finally alarmed by the threats made in particular by the antivax which target elected officials of all stripes. “Most of us have homes that are subject to police surveillance. I call on everyone to reason and calm. We must not blow on these embers,” he said. she pointed out.
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