{"id":1187983,"date":"2022-01-04T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187983"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:50:19","slug":"covid-coup-french-national-assembly-rejects-macrons-vaccine-passport-in-shock-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-coup-french-national-assembly-rejects-macrons-vaccine-passport-in-shock-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Coup: French National Assembly Rejects Macron&#039;s Vaccine Passport in Shock Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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    <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1234543640-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">In a shock move in the late hours of Monday evening, the French National Assembly rejected a push from the government to transform the nation\u2019s COVID pass into a fully-fledged vaccine passport.<\/p>\n<p>Rebuking Emmanuel Macron\u2019s government, a majority in the National Assembly refused to examine a change to the law to allow the government to introduce a vaccine passport by January 15th.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The government had hoped to transform the COVID pass (Pass Sanitaire) \u2014 which has been available to those with proof of a negative test, proof of recovery from the Wuhan virus, or vaccination \u2014 into a full vaccine passport only granted to those with proof of full vaccination or recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed legislation would also introduce harsher penalties for forging vaccine passports \u2014 which has become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/12\/france-carrying-out-400-investigations-into-networks-providing-fake-covid-passes\/\">increasingly widespread<\/a> as of late \u2014 with those caught facing up to five years in prison and a fine of \u20ac75,000 (\u00a363,00\/$85,000), France 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20220104-french-lawmakers-suspend-fractious-vaccine-pass-debate-in-setback-for-government\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, in what has been characterised as a \u201ccoup\u201d in the French media, a coalition of opposition lawmakers&nbsp;joined together to refuse to examine the bill on Monday evening, the&nbsp;<em>Lib\u00e9ration<\/em> newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/societe\/sante\/coup-de-theatre-a-lassemblee-le-debat-sur-le-pass-vaccinal-interrompu-apres-un-imbroglio-de-procedure-20220104_XSTH52M3GFBA3JRKD6U43L5X74\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The surprise defeat of the government could derail plans to introduce the measure by mid-January, considering that should the legislation eventually pass the lower house, it would still need to be ratified by the French senate.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is further complicated by the fact that the National Assembly is scheduled to recess by February in preparation for the upcoming presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, an attempt to reopen the examination of the legislation is likely to occur Tuesday afternoon, French broadcaster BMFTV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/sante\/en-direct-pass-vaccinal-flambee-d-omicron-suivez-l-actualite-de-l-epidemie-de-covid-minute-par-minute_LN-202201040053.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">France Forges Ahead with Stripping Unvaxed of Rights in New Year Lockdown <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7sk1eOfFXB\">https:\/\/t.co\/7sk1eOfFXB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1476221479624740865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The defeat of the government was hailed by opposition lawmakers, including&nbsp;Les R\u00e9publicains&nbsp;MP Julien Aubert, who said that it was \u201ca slap in the face for the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Right-wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, whose Rassemblement National (RN) party joined the opposition against vaccine passports, hailed the defeat of the government as&nbsp;\u201ca victory for democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can no longer allow debates on health restrictions, which have an impact on the life and freedoms of our compatriots, to take place at night far from the eyes of the French,\u201d Le Pen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLP_officiel\/status\/1478162690245804036\">wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the left-wing populist party&nbsp;La France Insoumise,&nbsp;Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon welcomed the move as a needed \u201ccorrection\u201d for Health Minister&nbsp;Olivier V\u00e9ran.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e9ran, who has been spearheading the push for vaccine passports, decried the move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20220104-french-lawmakers-suspend-fractious-vaccine-pass-debate-in-setback-for-government\">saying<\/a> that&nbsp;\u201cselfishness often hides behind talk of supposed liberty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the health minister admitted that the introduction of the vaccine passport was intended as a&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/20\/vaccine-passports-are-disguised-mandates-admits-french-health-secretary\/\">disguised<\/a>\u201d form of vaccine mandates, claiming that it would be an \u201ceffective\u201d measure to encourage the remaining&nbsp;five million unvaccinated people over 12-years-old to come forward to take the coronavirus vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>France has seen a \u201ctidal wave\u201d of infections, according to&nbsp;V\u00e9ran, with daily confirmed cases rising to a peak of over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/planete\/article\/2021\/12\/29\/plus-de-200-000-contaminations-au-covid-19-en-vingt-quatre-heures-en-france-selon-olivier-veran_6107628_3244.html\">200,000 per day<\/a> in large part due to the emergence of the omicron variant of the Chinese virus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vaccine Passports are \u2018Disguised\u2019 Mandates, Admits French Health Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eC3n7PTztb\">https:\/\/t.co\/eC3n7PTztb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1472886953574027269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shock move in the late hours of Monday evening, the French National Assembly rejected a push from the government to transform the nation\u2019s COVID pass into a fully-fledged 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