“I support the claims, if that is going against the vaccine,” said the candidate for president of “rebellious”. “People who are in motion speaking of purchasing power, I can not be against it,” he said.
Le Monde with AFP
He said understanding. The candidate “rebellious” Jean-Luc Mélenchon estimated Thursday, February 10th on France 2 that he could “support” the “convoy of freedom”, décelant convergences with its own fighting for the purchasing power or vaccine against the pass . “I could support them, yes, sure, I’ll see how it all falls into place,” he said on the set of the show “Elysium 2022”.
“Do movements must show their credentials and fine wine before being supported or not?”, He asked the journalist Lea Salame, explaining that he was beginning “to hear what tell people before deciding if antivax, fascist, anti-Semitic and all that made us for “yellow jackets” “.
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“Because of the risks of disturbances to public order,” the police commissioner announced Thursday, February 10, in Paris prohibit the “convoy of freedom” in protest against health restrictions, which planned to “block the capital “from Friday before heading to Brussels – which also banned Thursday. Thousands of opponents of the vaccine goes announced on social networks want to “roll over Paris,” inspired by the Canadian road, blocking the center of the capital, Ottawa, for nearly two weeks.
“A specific mechanism will be set up (…) to prevent blockages of roads, verbalize and challenge offenders to the ban,” said the prefecture in a statement. The prohibition order takes effect Friday until Monday inclusive.
“Here are people who are set in motion by talking of buying power, I can not be against it,” argued Mr. Mélenchon Thursday night. “Do not think they start to drive 2 euros per liter for fun,” he added. The candidate of “insubordinate” in the presidential election continued, “They say they are against the vaccine passes me, so I will not tell them they are wrong.”
If he felt that “these movements belong to nobody”, he also held that “no matter what I say or do, it will have no impact.” “I support the claims, if that is going against the vaccine because it is useless,” he said.
“People are not things”
Earlier, he had a tense exchange with journalist Anne-Sophie Lapix who retracted her statements during a trip to the West Indies, on the supposed side effects of the vaccine on Caribbean populations massively contaminated chlordecone, a pesticide banned later than in France.
The journalist accused of having taken “a rumor that could do damage in the population” in the only incentive not to get vaccinated. – less than half of the population is vaccinated Guadeloupe
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“So I would have to say” M me Lapix told me to tell you that this is not right, kids, you do not know. “It is not how it goes. do your job I do mine, “he replied. He recalled that he himself had willingly revealed he was vaccinated. “I explained why I was convinced I diminuais risk.” “That’s how we do politics People are not things. We do not give them to order, they are convinced “, he further assured