> (1) you can protest anything you want No in France you have to have an official authorization to run a protest. I never protested myself except once when I

> (1) you can protest anything you want No in France you have to have an official authorization to run a protest. I never protested myself except once when I was 18 (43 years ago). But many French people now fear protesting, as too many people lost hand, eye or were otherwise brutalized by police. > How you can tell France is still a democracy The issue about vaccine passport is about insane injunctions by officials that could not be implemented in real life. And official injunctions that change day to day and that are announced in tweets or interviews in the press. And if you want to vaccinate, it is not that easy, for example there are 3 slots available in 3 days in Rennes, a 250,000 people town. To vaccinate my daughter as soon it was possible in June, I had to travel 110km from Rennes to a village (Evron) where there are 8,000 inhabitants... It's still a valid strategy. We are living in a surreal world.