Last week I reported on protests in France after Emmanuel Macron’s tyrannical decree to implement vaccine passports for most public spaces.
The protests have only increased in size and intensity since Bastille Day.
Today, massive demonstrations against tyranny took place across France and beyond.
Before the day began, there were nearly 200 scheduled protests around France.
FYI: #France is going to kick off on Saturday.
Expect #millions on the streets, nationwide. This will be the most broad-based civil protest of modern era.
I’m told the people feel the Gov’t has crossed the line with #VaccinePassports & face the sack.
It’s going to be big. pic.twitter.com/ApO0W9o31Z
— Patrick Henningsen (@21WIRE) July 23, 2021
🇫🇷 Over 175 protests are reportedly planned in #France tomorrow against #vaccinepassports #PassSanitaires #PassDeLaHonte #PassSanitaireDeLaHonte
Source: https://t.co/fxOAncSYab pic.twitter.com/o7M3KGa5CI
— STOPCOMMONPASS 🛑 (@org_scp) July 23, 2021
And French citizens didn’t disappoint.
Enormous crowds showed up in the fight against tyranny and the Macron dictatorship.
Here’s some of the footage:
The exact SAME protest at the same time with the angle showing the REAL size of the protest that French mainstream media says is only « hundreds » of protesters.
Mainstream media LIE to people all the time, worldwide, about everything, providing propaganda more than information. https://t.co/vCdrGwZNGG— Erwan Le Corre (@ErwanLeCorre) July 24, 2021
Breaking: Protests against COVID restrictions have turned violent in Paris, France. pic.twitter.com/MoELJQx9Mg
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) July 24, 2021
Police drown the streets of Paris, France with teargas at the protest against the Macron government domestic vaccine passes.
Police are the only group in France exempt from having to get a vaccine pass. pic.twitter.com/ZjQTtygYL4
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) July 24, 2021
Police aggressively arresting people in Paris, France.
Police are also pushing and macing journalists at the protest against the Macron government domestic vaccine passes. pic.twitter.com/VeGx53goey
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) July 24, 2021
Police in Paris, France clear the streets using water canons against protesters protesting the Macron government domestic vaccine passes.
pic.twitter.com/R3geASy8kI— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) July 24, 2021
Police in Paris, France use water canons against protesters protesting the Macron government domestic vaccine passes. pic.twitter.com/HfwqZS7YrV
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) July 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/Resist_03/status/1418943550427893769
Foule importante à Paris contre le #PassSanitaire. #NonAuPassSanitaire pic.twitter.com/NoH125XIy5
— Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) July 24, 2021
Major protests take place across France against Macron’s mandated vaccination passports.
Here’s the scenes from Paris as massive crowds stand together against French government. pic.twitter.com/jFKDlNfAF4
— UNN (@UnityNewsNet) July 24, 2021
Plusieurs milliers de personnes à #Toulon contre le pass sanitaire. #AntiPassSanitaire #manif24juillet #manifs24juillet pic.twitter.com/p2mgFyBi7u
— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) July 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/NewsForAllUK/status/1418945624788160513
Les rangs de la #manifs24juillet grossissent peu à peu à #Paris‼️
Le cortège arrive place de la République, une Marseillaise est entamée par qlqs manifestants‼️#manif24juillet #PassDeLaHonte#NonAuPassDeLaHonte#NonALaVaccinationObligatoire
🎥@LeMediaTVpic.twitter.com/2MclV2R3bO— Lorentz mathias (@LorentzMathias) July 24, 2021
WATCH: An enormous crowd of anti-vaccine passport protesters has formed near the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. pic.twitter.com/JZL4CobGqk
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) July 24, 2021
NEW: Anti-vaccine passport demonstrators have stormed the town hall in Poitiers, France. A portrait of Pres. Emmanuel Macron was ripped off the wall, torn, and then thrown out the window.
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) July 24, 2021
This is a historic day for France. #AntiPassSanitaire https://t.co/vjjvs6LIor
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) July 24, 2021
Even hospitals are joining the protests against vaccine passports.
French hospital goes on INDEFINITE strike to protest Covid-19 vaccination mandate
The French don't mess about, do they?
https://t.co/YvupBWwDQP— Tess Summers 🏴🇮🇪 (@tesssummers98) July 23, 2021
RT had the story:
The staff of the hospital in Montelimar, in the French department of Drome, have gone on indefinite strike to protest the new rules demanding they take a vaccine against Covid-19 by mid-September or face losing their jobs.
The strike against “forced vaccination” was announced on Thursday by the CGT-GHPP trade union, and affects some 200 doctors and 1,500 nurses in the southeastern French city.
Hundreds of them gathered outside the hospital on Friday, denouncing lockdowns and vaccine mandates and chanting “liberté!” (freedom).
The French legislature is finalizing the proposal that would require all medical professionals in contact with the vulnerable to be fully vaccinated by September 15, or else lose their salaries and even their jobs.
“We are against mandatory vaccination and vaccine coercion,” Elsa Ruillere, local union representative, told Sputnik France. “There is no choice between tests or vaccination: vaccination is compulsory. No, we don’t agree. We want to have the choice like the rest of the world and we do not want compulsory vaccination.”
Ruillere says her union supports “free and informed consent” and is not against vaccination on principle but is against coercion. Some of the medical workers said they are waiting for the French-made Sanofi-GSK vaccine, promised for December.
“We are well aware of the evolution of the virus. We do not take it lightly,” Ruillere said. However, she and her striking colleagues point out that even with the rise in positive tests for the Delta variant of the coronavirus, there is no commensurate rise in hospitalizations.
“Yes, we turned ‘red’ but that’s in fact due to the positive tests. In terms of hospitalizations, we are fine at the moment, we did not need to reopen beds, we have far fewer hospitalized people than before and fewer people in intensive care,” she added.
Another union gripe is the lack of public debate, since France’s National Assembly seems to have simply proceeded on the advice of the High Health Authority (HAS), which called the vaccination mandate “justified.”
Euronews also reported:
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of France on Saturday afternoon against the extension of the health pass and compulsory vaccination for certain professions.
It was the second weekend in a row to see thousands rally on the streets against the government’s decision to make it compulsory to have a health pass in order to access restaurants, bars and other cultural establishments.
The pass attests that the holder has either been fully vaccinated, has tested negative over the previous 24 hours or has recovered from COVID during the previous six months.
The new measure was announced last week by President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to boost vaccinations, as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases.Meanwhile in London, UK, hundreds of people rallied in the centre of the city, demonstrating against vaccine passport plans there.
Clashes between police and protesters
Several thousand people, divided into at least three rallies, began demonstrating in the early afternoon in Paris.
Mostly made up of ‘yellow vest’ protesters, a first procession set off shortly after 2pm from the Place de la Bastille, bound for the Porte de Champerret.
Police on motorbikes clashed against protesters along the way.
In the Trocadero square several thousand people, rarely masked, gathered at the call of Florian Philippot. “You are thousands,” said the President of the Patriots and former RN No. 2, between two “Marseillaise”.
It is a very good thing that we have a very good relationship with the people,” he said, “but we have to be very careful not to get caught up in a situation where we have to be very careful.
“Freedom, I am not your guinea pig”, summarised a slogan carried on a placard.
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