Von der Leyen supports Macron’s strategy against the unvaccinated

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has shown her support for the strategy of the French president, Emmanuele Macron, of tightening the rope to the maximum with those reluctant to get vaccinated. The covid passport “is an instrument to protect the vaccinated. A government must protect from equality and the passport is a form of protection & rdquor ;, said Von der Leyen during the press conference he gave with the French president at the Elysee. “The discussion about responsibility and freedom is very important in our society during a pandemic,” he added. France has assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union since January 1, just four months before the presidential elections.

The statements of the president of the European Commission follow one another after the political storm that arose in France after Macron said in an interview with the newspaper “Le Parisien” that he wanted to “annoy” or “fuck” to the end the unvaccinated , as the verb “emmerder” is translated. Words that today he has assumed “totally” despite the criticism received in recent days.

Macron explained that he wanted “the alarms to sound” and stressed that every citizen has rights and, “above all,” duties. “The concept of freedom,” he noted, “ends where the other’s freedom is, where the life of the other may be in danger. “The term” family “used by Macron in the interview has had a special impact at a time when a debate has arisen in France about the need to impose the certificate or not vaccination as a key mobility tool.

The president has reminded Von der Leyen together that France is not the only country that is committed to restricting the freedoms of those who do not want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. “Some (governments) make vaccination compulsory from a certain age, but most impose restrictions on social life and they say: ‘if you are not vaccinated, you cannot access this place,’ “Macron explained at the press conference.

Main rivals

For observers, with this controversy, the French president tries to rally behind him the supporters of vaccination and impose the issue of the pandemic in the presidential campaign scheduled for next April. According to a recent poll, 47% of French approve of these statements.

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Among those who have criticized the statements are the president’s main rivals in the upcoming elections. The leader of the National Association, Marine Le Pen, Macron’s “vulgarity” ugly, while the Republican candidate, Valérie Pécresse, told CNews that “insults are never a good solution.”

The management of the pandemic is key in the face of the elections that, according to the polls, Macron would win, although without obtaining enough votes to renew his mandate in the first round, which would force him to fight in the second with the far-right candidate, Marien Le Pen, or with the leader of the right-wing Republicans, Valérie Pécresse. This is indicated so far by the BVA survey for RTL and Orange that also confirms the image of recent weeks, with Macron leading the first round with 25% voting intention, followed by Le Pen (17%) and Pécresse (16%). In fourth place appears the ultra Éric Zemmour, with 12%.