French MPs get death threats over support for vaccine pass
Another MP, Naïma Moutchou of the Horizons party,In parliament on Monday, Health Minister Olivier Véran condemned the death threats and the "selfishness" of vaccine opponents. Last week Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said police would strengthen protections for elected officials ahead of the vote on vaccine passes.
Barbara Bessot Ballot of the ruling En Marche! party said MPs had received messages threatening to kill them for "attacking our freedom".Throughout the pandemic, critics have accused French President Emmanuel Macron's government of violating freedoms by imposing Covid rules. Protests against these rules have been held regularly. For months France has asked people to show either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test to access many public venues. But the French government has decided to remove the option to show a negative test in response to record increases in infections, driven by the highly contagious Omicron and Delta variants of Covid.The government is aiming to bring the vaccine pass into force in mid-January, once it has been approved by parliament. Most parties back the vaccine pass, which is expected to be passed by the lower house early this week, before being debated in the Senate on Wednesday.
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