Its adoption was done in pain. The health pass obtained the green light from the National Assembly on the night of May 11 to 12, 2021, after a first rejection in the early evening.

Two votes in seven hours

At 6 p.m., right-wing and left-wing deputies, but above all 45 elected members of the MoDem, a party that is nevertheless a member of the presidential majority, first vote against this project, unanimously.

Seven hours later, after rewriting the text, a second deliberation requested by the executive falls. Measures restricting freedoms – curfew at 9 p.m. from May 19 and 11 p.m. from June 9, lifting of the curfew from June 30 and possibility of territorial confinement – and the health pass are finally approved.

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A sesame for gatherings

Concretely, the health pass will be a key to accessing large gatherings or certain places, such as party rooms, stadiums or festivals when the number of participants exceeds 1,000 people.

It is based on the presentation of a negative result of a virus screening test, proof of vaccination, or a certificate of recovery after contamination.

A digital pass should be implemented by summer and standardized at European level to regulate international travel.

Restrictions on freedoms this summer

The changes made to the bill tonight do not concern the health pass but the transitional period during which restrictions on freedoms remain available to the government in the face of the pandemic. Initially scheduled from June 2 to the end of October, it is now defined from June 2 to the end of September.

During this period, the government will be able to set up local containments and a territorialized state of emergency in the event of an epidemic outbreak, between July 10 and August 31.

The whole of this bill on the way out of the crisis and on the health pass adopted last night in first reading in the Assembly will be submitted to the vote of the Senate on May 18.