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(4 years ago)After three days of heated debate, prompted by President Emmanuel Macron's controversial statements for the unexplored, France's National Assembly on Thursday adopted the bill that would transform the health passport into “then the vaccine”. The bill was passed before 5: 30 a.m. by 214 votes for 93 against [...]
The bill was passed before 5: 30 a.m. by 214 votes for 93 against abstentions. The bill must now be approved by the Senate, which will examine the document early next week, France24 writes.
The Macroni government wants the new measures to take effect on January 15th, but implementation will likely be delayed due to the duration of the debate at Assembly.
According to this bill, persons over the age of 12 will be required evidence of the vaccine for entering restaurants, cultural centres or to use inter-regional public transportation. The negative test for Avid-19 will not be enough, except access to centres and health services.
The adoption of this bill was made after Macron's statement Tuesday, which prompted many reactions. He said his strategy is to exasperate the unexcused by adding restrictions to their conviction that they take the vaccine.
