French prime minister Jean Castex announced on Monday evening (27 December) that people will need a 'vaccination pass' to enter restaurants, bars, and museums.
Currently, French citizens only need to show proof of a negative test to enter gyms, restaurants, cultural institutions, and domestic flights and long train journeys, but from mid-January, this will no longer be enough.
The government approved the proposal on Monday, but parliament has yet to rubber-stamp it.
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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.