French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he wanted to "piss off" people who haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19, in a cutting remark that prompted howls of condemnation from opposition rivals less than four months before the next presidential election.
"The unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And so, we're going to continue doing so, until the end. That's the strategy," Macron told Le Parisien newspaper in an interview published late Tuesday.
Last year, France put in place a health pass that prevents people without a PCR test or proof of vaccination from entering restaurants, cafes and other venues. The government wants to turn the measure into a vaccine passport, allowing only the vaccinated to have a health pass.