Jean Castex went through the National Assembly, this Wednesday, January 5, after the stormy session the day before, following the controversial remarks of the President of the Republic on his ” desire “” to piss off »The unvaccinated. The head of the French government called on deputies to ” debate quickly ”Around the text establishing a vaccination pass, the examination of which had been suspended Tuesday evening in a heavy atmosphere.
“ It is your responsibility to debate as quickly as possible, taking into account what the situation is in our country, in Europe, in the world “, Ignited Mr. Castex this Wednesday in front of the National Assembly, the day after a very agitated session.
The Prime Minister returned to the words of Emmanuel Macron on the unvaccinated in these terms: ” There is a difficulty with those of our fellow citizens who refuse to be vaccinated. This is not insulting anyone, it is reality. “
“ Being free does not mean infecting others with impunity, it does not overload our care services which are already under strain. “, Hammered Jean Castex, calling for” the individual responsibility of each citizen of the Republic “.
“Yes we have a difficulty with the unvaccinated”, concludes @JeanCASTEX. “The citizens of the Republic must exercise their responsibility, and be responsible, to be free, it is not to contaminate others with impunity, it is not to overload the care services”. #DirectAN pic.twitter.com/zxfzmsEtGl
– LCP (@LCP) January 5, 2022
The presence of the Prime Minister had been requested in session Tuesday evening by the deputies of the opposition, from all sides, after the publication of the interview with the Head of State who set fire to the powder as soon as it was published on the site from Journal The Parisian.
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This Wednesday, each group president invited the majority leader to distance himself from the words of the head of state. ” He did not pronounce the name President of the Republic once, which is quite rare », Raises the patroness of the PS deputies, Valérie Rabault.
” We were waiting for an apology and we got an alibi », Notes LR MP Julien Aubert. For him, ” so much the majority, so much the President of the Republic, have sabotaged the parliamentary procedure “.
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