Covid France, demonstrations against the green pass

Demonstrations were held in Paris and throughout France against the compulsory vaccination of health personnel and the request for a green pass to access various public places, announced on Monday by President Emmanuel Macron. In Paris there were two protests with several hundred people. Police used tear gas against an unauthorized demonstration in Place de la Republique, while other authorized demonstrators in Place de Clichy chanted slogans against “the dictatorship”, reports Le Figaro. Read also Other events took place all over France. According to the police, 1200 people took to the streets in Montpellier, one thousand in Marseille, 800 in Annecy and 720 in Rouen. In Lyon, where it is estimated there were 1,400 young demonstrators, as well as in Nantes, the police intervened with tear gas. According to a poll conducted yesterday by Elabe for Bfmtv, 58% of the French are in favor of the tightening decided by Macron. There was also an immediate boom in vaccination bookings.