Deep into the controversy. During a press conference at the Elysee Palace this Friday, January 7, Emmanuel Macron assumed his remarks deemed controversial on the unvaccinated.
He persists and signs. Emmanuel Macron spoke at a press conference held at the Élysée Palace this Friday, January 7. The ideal opportunity for him to react to the controversy aroused by his comments on unvaccinated people. As a reminder, the Head of State was the author of a new explosive exit of which he has the secret. Declaration which, inevitably, made people react. But faced with general consternation, the President of the Republic does not apologize. On the contrary, since he put back a layer. “We can get emotional over forms of expression that may seem familiar and that I fully assume. I am moved by the situation in which we are“, he started.
The tenant of 55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré pointed out those who would still shun vaccination by doing “of their freedom, which becomes irresponsibility, a slogan.” Emmanuel Macron added : “not only do they endanger the lives of others but they restrict the freedom of others and that, i can’t accept it.“So he tried to cut the outcry short.”I cannot allow debates to flourish in our country which would consist of saying: ‘let us not treat them by our choices.’ No. And I said it too very clearly“, he concluded.
Emmanuel Macron wanted to “sound the alarm a little”
By saying want “piss off the unvaccinated“during confidences delivered to seven readers of the daily The Parisian, Emmanuel Macron assured that he wanted, above all, to defend his strategy. That of advocate vaccination above all, given the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in France. “I say it with a lot of will and force: we must do it for all of our compatriots who make the effort to get vaccinated“, continued the husband of Brigitte Macron. “It was my responsibility to sound the alarm a bit, which is what I did this week, so things could move even faster.”A rather winning bet.
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