President Macron declares war on the unvaccinated

I am not about pissing off the French people.  But as for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off.  And we will continue to do this, to the end.  This is the strategy. 

In a democracy, the worst enemies are lies and stupidity.  We are putting pressure on the unvaccinated by limiting, as much as possible, their access to activities in social life.

It is only a very small minority who are resisting.  [France has vaccinated almost 90% of its population who are eligible.]  How do we reduce that minority?  We reduce it – sorry for the expression – by pissing them off even more.

We have to tell them: from 15 January, you will no longer be able to go to the restaurant.  You will no longer be able to go for a coffee, you will no longer be able to go to the theatre.  You will no longer be able to go to the cinema.

When my freedoms threaten those of others, I become someone irresponsible.  Someone irresponsible is not a citizen.

~ Emmanuel Macron, President of France, interview with Le Parisien, January 4, 2022