Emmanuel Macron spoke to a handful of journalists on Tuesday.

While the government is under fire from criticism for the slowness of the Covid-19 vaccination process, the president defended his action, calling for the success of the operation to be judged in several months.

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Here is roughly what Emmanuel Macron replied to those who criticize the slowness of the French vaccine campaign against Covid-19.

Speaking to a few journalists on Tuesday, on the sidelines of a trip to the Eure, the Head of State of course used less colorful terms.

"We can always do better, but we do not compare after two days something that will last several months," he said.

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According to figures from the Directorate General of Health published Tuesday evening, nearly 190,000 French people have been administered the vaccine against the coronavirus.

By comparison, 200,000 Britons are vaccinated every day.

Over 4.5 million doses have been distributed in the United States or China, over a million in Israel.

"I was the first to push to accelerate, but at the right time"

But "the [French] administration was there," assured Emmanuel Macron, also defending the organization of a vaccination campaign by "phase".

Elderly people in nursing homes were indeed a priority, before vaccination was extended to caregivers over 50, then to people over 75 years old outside nursing homes from next Monday.

"I am the first to have pushed to accelerate, but at the right time", defended the president.

"Those who tell me that things are not going fast enough said before that we were going too fast," continued Emmanuel Macron.

"We are responsible. And it takes longer than a tweet."