‘No Vaccine Passports’: Massive Protests Across France Over New COVID Rules

A protester holds a sign that reads "No to the health pass" during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on Aug. 7, 2021. Daniel Cole/AP Photo

For the fourth consecutive weekend, thousands of demonstrators in France took to the streets to protest against the country’s strict new COVID-19 rules, including a so-called “health pass” that restricts unvaccinated people from entering restaurants, bars, gyms, and other venues.

Video footage uploaded on social media showed demonstrators marching in Paris, chanting slogans against vaccine passports and other mandates.