Thousands of people marched in Paris and other French cities Saturday for a fourth consecutive week of protests against the COVID-19 health passes that everyone in the country will need shortly to enter cafes, trains and other venues.
The demonstrations came two days after France's Constitutional Council upheld most provisions of a new law that expands the locations where health passes are needed to enter.
With French riot police on guard, a largely peaceful crowd walked across Paris carrying banners that read: "Our freedoms are dying" and "Vaccine: Don't touch our kids." Some were also upset that the government has made COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for health care workers by Sept. 15. Muriel, 55, a Parisian who declined to give her last name, told The Associated Press that she especially protests "the disguised mandatory vaccination ... it's an incredible blow to our fundamental freedoms."
"Here, you don't have COVID, but you have rage!" Philippot told the crowd, calling for a boycott of places requiring the pass.
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