The promising vaccine announcement from Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories on Monday sparked a debate in French politicians on whether or not to make vaccination compulsory or not.

Some are calling for vaccination for all French people, while others want to focus efforts on people at risk.

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If the promising announcement on the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories animates the scientific community, it does not leave the political world indifferent either.

Unsurprisingly, the government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, recalled that this vaccine could not be the solution to the second wave currently hitting France.

But some are already wondering whether or not to make it mandatory.

And the opinions of political figures are very divided.

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"It is too early to explain that it is necessary to move towards compulsory vaccination"

First there are the supporters of compulsory vaccination for all French people.

This is the case of the ecologist Yannick Jadot or of the n ° 3 of the Republicans (LR) Aurélien Pradié.

Others rather defend the line of a massive vaccination, but mandatory only for the elderly or vulnerable, as well as for caregivers.

For Christian Jacob, the boss of LR, we must above all wait to learn more, as he explains to Europe 1: “It is too early today to explain that we must move towards compulsory vaccination. Let's wait for all the results, then we'll see then. A little caution! But it is a very good hope in the situation of crisis that we are living. "

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A minister "not a candidate"

For once, the message is not far from being in phase with the speech of the executive.

The government also believes that it is too early to decide on the scale of the vaccination campaign.

Especially since logistical questions arise: for example, there will not be 66 million doses available directly, overnight.

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There is also the question of individual freedoms, in a country where adherence to the principle of vaccination is declining.

According to an Ipsos poll, 59% of French people would be ready to be vaccinated against Covid-19, when the world average is much higher, at 74%.

Even a minister confides: "A vaccine prepared in less than two years ... Me, I am not a candidate."