The Minister of Health said he was “totally available to build a new drafting” in the Senate of the border health pass, after the rejection of this measure by the National Assembly. This article left the executive the possibility of restoring the health pass abroad, but also between France, Corsica and the overseas territories.
The Minister of Health, François Braun, said on Wednesday “totally available to build a new drafting” in the Senate of the health pass at the borders, after the rejection of this measure in the bill adopted overnight by the Assembly national. Deleted by a coalition of opposition deputies, from both right and left (RN, LR, Nupes), this key article of the text “monitoring and health security” planned to leave the executive the possibility of restoring the pass healthcare from or to abroad, but also between France, Corsica and the overseas territories.
Have “a rapid reaction capacity in the event of a dangerous variant”
After this setback, “the government will be fully committed in the Senate to defend the importance of these provisions and restore them,” said François Braun during a hearing before the Senate Law Commission. “The interest was to give us the ability to react quickly to the emergence of a dangerous variant. To no longer have this possibility is definitely a waste of time,” he explained.
“I have a bit of the impression that without this article, in the event of an epidemic resurgence with a particularly annoying variant, we are asked to jump from the plane without a parachute and are told ‘don’t worry, we will bring you some. one real quick before you crash to the ground. I admit I would rather jump out of the plane with a parachute,” he added. The Minister nevertheless said he was “totally available to build a new version of this article, which would take into account the various comments, but which would allow us to leave at least one ventral parachute”.