{"id":1196568,"date":"2022-01-07T10:35:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196568"},"modified":"2022-01-07T10:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:35:28","slug":"french-president-macron-doubles-down-on-comment-to-piss-off-the-unvaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-president-macron-doubles-down-on-comment-to-piss-off-the-unvaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"French President Macron Doubles Down On Comment To \u2018Piss Off\u2019 The Unvaccinated"},"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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrench-president-macron-doubles-down-on-comment-to-piss-off-the-unvaccinated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>French President Emmanuel Macron doubled down on the controversial comments he made earlier this week that claimed he wanted to \u201cpiss off\u201d unvaccinated people through his nation\u2019s restrictions against those who refuse to get COVID-19 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Macron responded to his recent remarks during a news conference in Paris on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen some make from their freedom \u2026 a motto, not only do they put others\u2019 lives at risk, but they are also curtailing others\u2019 freedom. That I cannot accept,\u201d he said in reference to unvaccinated people, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-europe-paris-emmanuel-macron-52a2f5af6803b2b24a60118bb33f0d8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are a citizen you must agree to do your civic duty,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 77% of the population, including more than 91% of adults, are fully vaccinated,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>France is currently debating whether new vaccine pass laws should be approved to restrict activities among the unvaccinated and encourage more citizens to receive the jab.<\/p>\n<p>The new vaccine pass would exclude unvaccinated people from theaters, restaurants, sporting events, and other public venues. It would also impact transportation, as it would be required to travel on buses and domestic flights.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press said the debate will continue in the French Senate next week with plans to finalize the legislation by the middle of the month.<\/p>\n<p>The politics regarding the decision are also important. Macron faces a battle for reelection that will take place in April.<\/p>\n<p>Macron is expected to announce his plans to run for a second term but has yet to officially reveal his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no false suspense. I want to,\u201d Macron said, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220104-macron-says-wants-to-stand-for-re-election-but-hasn-t-decided\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France 24<\/a> report on Tuesday. \u201cOnce the health situation allows it and I have made everything clear \u2014 inside myself and with respect to the political equation \u2014 I will say what it (the decision) is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/reports-claim-french-president-macron-said-he-wanted-to-piss-off-the-unvaxxed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that a more accurate translation of the term Macron used in his original comments may have been much worse:<\/p>\n<p><em>According to multiple reports, French President Emmanuel Macron said that his goal was to \u201cpiss off\u201d the unvaccinated in his country \u2014&nbsp;hoping that the threat of more draconian restrictions would spur them to get vaccinated \u2014 but people who speak French claimed that what&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/france-introduces-work-at-home-mandate-as-europe-cracks-down-over-omicron\/\">Macron<\/a> really said was much worse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimesworld\/status\/1478685482544418816\">New York Times World<\/a>&nbsp;section posted a tweet saying, \u201cPresident Macron of France drew criticism over his comments about people who had refused coronavirus vaccines. \u2018I really want to piss off the unvaccinated,\u2019 he told the newspaper Le Parisien. \u2018And so we are going to continue doing that, until the end.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1478703682749452294\">Washington Post<\/a>&nbsp;went with the same translation, tweeting, \u201c\u2018I am not for pissing off the French \u2026 however, the unvaccinated, I really want to&nbsp;piss&nbsp;them off,\u2019 French President Emmanuel&nbsp;Macron&nbsp;said in an interview.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POLITICOEurope\/status\/1478777238384529412\">Politico Europe<\/a>&nbsp;tweeted, \u201cEmmanuel Macron\u2019s use of the term \u2018piss off\u2019 has caused a furore in France. But he\u2019s not the first French politician to break into bad language. Charles de Gaulle and Nicolas Sarkozy, among others, also famously employed \u2018gros mots.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But as policy correspondent for The Independent Jon Stone noted, something may have been lost in translation. \u201cEnglish langauge press grappling with reporting Macron saying he wants to \u2018\u00abEmmerder\u00bb the unvaccinated is quite funny. Most going with \u2018piss off\u2019 and others \u2018hassle\u2019\u2026 of course it literally means \u2018to sh*t on.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron doubled down on the controversial comments he made earlier this week that claimed he wanted to \u201cpiss off\u201d unvaccinated people through his nation\u2019s restrictions against those who refuse to get COVID-19 shots. Macron responded to his recent remarks during a news conference in Paris on Friday. \u201cWhen some make from their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}