the Financial Times evokes the invisible showdown between President Emmanuel Macron – an undeclared candidate for re-election – and the variant of the coronavirus responsible for a new peak in contamination.
The British daily Financial Times leans on the duel “Macron versus Omicron”, pitting the near-candidate president against the coronavirus variant responsible for the fifth wave. Everything was going in the right direction for the president, “until recently.”
Positive balance
In 2020, the arrival of the coronavirus even had the advantage of dispelling the pressure that the “yellow vests” put on the president, analyzes the Financial Times. Despite some mistakes at the start – especially about masks and tests – Macron “was praised” for its management of the health crisis. The bet of the health pass had even proved a success, pushing millions of French people to be vaccinated. After the introduction of the vaccination pass for “annoy” the non-vaccinated, a million French still received a first injection.
Nevertheless, “this deliberately provocative comment” revived the critics. The context is no longer so favorable to the president because of the massive contagion due to the Omicron variant. It triggered the anger of parents and teachers, dissatisfied with the protocols
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