evidence: French MPs have passed the government’s controversial vaccine pass bill after three days of an angry stop-start debate. [...] Macron said the measure was intended to coerce vaccine-hesitant people to get inoculated by further restricting their everyday activities. The law also introduces hefty fines and prison sentences for anyone caught using or supplying fake vaccine passes and for establishments that fail properly to check visitors’ vaccine status. The pass will not be required for shops or medical facilities such as hospitals and clinics. [...] Castex defended Macron’s controversial use of the verb "emmerder" (widely translated as "piss off") in his vow to put pressure on those French people who refused to be vaccinated, saying the former president, Georges Pompidou, had used the same word. Macron also angered critics by calling unvaccinated people irresponsible, adding: "Someone irresponsible is not a citizen."