Seeing his smile when he sat down at his spokesperson’s desk, Gabriel Attal knew that the questions were bound to arise. After the summary of the Council of Ministers this Wednesday morning, the government spokesperson was therefore called upon to react to Emmanuel Macron’s comments in front of the readers of Le Parisien.
“Me, I’m not for pissing off the French. I plague the administration all day long when it blocks them. Well, there, the unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And so, we will continue to do so, until the end. That’s the strategy ”to push the refractory to get vaccinated, he replies to Isabelle and Marie-Eve, two caregivers who question him without hiding their exhaustion after nearly two years of fighting the pandemic and its consequences. . Published on Tuesday evening on our site, these comments provoked a shock wave and many reactions.
“Who’s fucking who’s life today?” », Replied Gabriel Attal. “Who is wasting the lives of our caregivers, who for two years have been mobilized, underwater, to save the lives of patients who are not vaccinated? Who ruins the lives of our restaurateurs, our cinemas, our theaters, are those who oppose vaccines. Who is wasting the lives of our elderly who live in fear? he listed. So I will tell you things clearly: the words of the President of the Republic fall far short of the anger of a very large majority of the French (…). As the President said this morning, we act, we explain and we assume ”.
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“We have always said that getting vaccinated was a choice of protection for oneself, it is also a civic gesture to participate in the fight against the epidemic”. “Some choose to oppose the vaccine and would like to have all the rights, it is not possible”, continued the Minister. “It’s been months that we have assumed to put the strain on those who have chosen not to be vaccinated”, since “this summer” and the health pass. “There is no evolution on this. We are consistent ”.
A little later, he ruled that “the oppositions are seeking to flee their responsibilities” by suggesting that the government could use the 49.3 procedure to have the bill approved which will transform the health pass into a vaccine pass. . “This is what would be easier for them (the oppositions, Editor’s note) because it allows them not to take their responsibilities”.