evidence: France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates Europe 17/01/2022 • Raisa Santos Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tens of thousands of people protested against COVID-19 vaccine passes across France France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. President Emmanuel Macron told Le Parisien paper in an interview this month that he wanted to "piss off" unvaccinated people by making their lives so complicated they would end up getting the COVID vaccine. "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," said Macron. Currently, unvaccinated people can enter these places with recent proof of a negative COVID-19 test.