- According to reports, a fire broke out in the temporary vaccination center in Urune, southwest of the Basque Country.
- On Friday, a vaccination center in Lans-en-Vercors in southeastern France was destroyed.
- The French government is preparing to publish a draft law designed to force citizens to be stabbed.
Prosecutors said that the suspected arsonist set fire to a Covid-19 vaccination center in southwestern France last weekend because the government was preparing to announce a draft law on Monday aimed at forcing citizens to be stabbed.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the fire at the Urrugne Temporary Vaccination Center in the southwest of the Basque Country was deemed arson. The prosecutor of the local town of Bayonne, Jerome Bourrier, wrote on Twitter on Sunday. .
The mayor of the town, Philip Alamendi, said that the deliberate nature of the fire was “no doubt”, saying that flammable liquids were poured outside the tents in the containment center.
“Fortunately, the fire brigade was able to quickly put out the flames, and the tent was only partially destroyed,” he said.
On Friday night, a vaccination center in Reims-en-Vercors in southeastern France was destroyed and tagged with anti-vaccination graffiti.
About 114,000 people protested stricter vaccination rules across France on Saturday, which will take effect under new legislation to be passed by the Cabinet meeting on Monday.
The draft law will be voted on in Parliament later this week, and President Emmanuel Macron has a comfortable working majority in Parliament.
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According to the measures Macron announced last week, people need to show proof of full vaccination or a recent test before they can enter public places such as restaurants, bars, shopping centers, long-distance trains and movie theaters.
According to the government, nearly 3 million French people signed up for JABs within three days of the announcement.
But during Saturday’s protests, critics including far-right fringe politicians condemned the government’s “tyranny” and called Macron the “dictator” of these measures, which they considered unfair and discriminatory.
During a demonstration in the southern city of Perpignan, several protesters wore yellow stars on their T-shirts to compare their plight with the persecution of Jews during World War II. This is controversial.
In Paris, Martine Wonner, a former member of Macron’s parliamentary party, urged protesters to “siege legislators, invade their headquarters, and tell them you disagree.”
The government says it has no choice but to force people to get vaccinated because the country faces a fourth wave of cases related to the spread of the more contagious delta virus.
The country reported 11,000 cases a day on Saturday, double the number of cases a week ago.
Health Minister Olivier Veran (Olivier Veran) stated that 9 out of every 10 newly infected people have not been vaccinated.
