A sort ofIn view of the nationwide protests against tightening the rules of the new crown epidemic, the government has relaxed some planned measures. As Health Minister Olivier Véran announced in an interview with Le Parisien published on Saturday night, the negative test should now be valid for 72 hours instead of the previously planned 48 hours. In addition to antigen and rapid testing, self-tests performed under medical supervision should also be recognized.
The French parliament passed the tightening of corona rules at the end of July. The so-called health pass regulations are expanding: starting from Monday, entering restaurants and cafes, medical institutions, some shopping centers, trade fairs and trade fairs, as well as long-term entry, must prove vaccination, recovery or negative test. -Long-distance travel by public transportation. The law also provides for corona vaccinations for health and nursing staff, as well as firefighters and other rescuers.
Record number of protesters
For weeks, tens of thousands of people have protested this law all over France. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the number of people who participated in the protests on Saturday reached a record of approximately 237,000. Critics speak of “mandatory vaccination through the back door”. “I am not necessarily opposed to vaccination,” said Stéphane, a 50-year-old computer scientist who participated in the protests in Paris with his wife and two young children. “It bothers me because my children are forced to get this vaccine. It makes me feel scared.” On the other hand, 65-year-old pensioner Suzanne Petit is “more afraid of vaccination than Covid.” 19.
In some parades in Paris, people chanted hostile slogans against the head of state Emmanuel Macron It’s like “Macron, shut up, we don’t want him anymore”. Florian Philip Porter, the former chief strategist of the right-wing populist Marina Le Pen, called for one of the rally.
As in previous weeks, demonstrations have been particularly popular in the south of the country. According to official statistics, 19,000 people protested in Toulon, 10,000 people protested in Nice, and 6,000 people protested in Marseille. In Montpellier, protesters attacked a pharmacist who was doing a corona test. Some of them insulted him as a “collaborator” and “murderer”
The number of people participating in the protest is increasing from weekend to weekend. According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, 204,000 people took to the streets in more than 150 cities on July 31, up from 161,000 and 110,000 before.
