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Paris, Aug 7 (EFE).- (Camera: Marta Garde) Opponents of the health certificate in France and the set of measures adopted by the French Executive to contain the new wave of the pandemic took on Saturday for the fourth consecutive Saturday the streets of the country, where tens of thousands of people congregated.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN PARIS. SOUNDBITES OF ONE OF THE PARISIAN MANIFESTATIONS AGAINST THE SANITARY CERTIFICATE.TRANSLATIONS:1.- Franck, 51-year-old engineer:- I am here because I oppose the health pass, which in my opinion is liberticidal and erodes the equality pact- These are measures that I believe are disproportionate to the health situation.2.- Marie, participant in a protest.I am going to boycott, although in any case, I have no other choice, all the shops in which they ask for the health pass. I go to fairs, markets, there will be certain activities that I will not be able to do. It's going to be financially difficult, but I agree to take that risk. I think what is currently happening is much more important than my financial efforts, let's say.
In the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, shops are closed, vehicles have been set on fire and roads are covered in debris. It comes a week after the start of the protest movement over compulsory vaccination for health care workers. IMAGES
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A few thousand demonstrators set off again in Paris behind the leader of the French nationalist party 'The Patriotes', Florian Philippot, to protest against the health pass, for the eighth Saturday of such protests. French people are now used to being asked to show their credentials as they enter restaurants, bars, gyms or museums to prove that they have been either vaccinated or recently tested negative for Covid-19, or have recovered from the illness in the last six months. IMAGES
Paris (France), Sep 4 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Dozens of people protested this Saturday near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, rejecting the obligation to have the health certificate for a large part of the activities of social life. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN PARIS.