Director of Bruges Group and author of Moralitis, A Cultural Virus, Robert Oulds, warned the failures of France‘s vaccination programme would mean the country would lag behind many other nations who have seen better results from their jab efforts. As a result, the slow reopening of the economy could leave many citizens struggling and looking for someone to blame. Mr Oulds suggested the vitriol will be focused on both Emmanuel Macron and the European Union.
France is undergoing an economic crisis which has seen many desperate Parisians lining up for food parcels due to the shutdown of the economy and its national debt reach higher than its total GDP.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Oulds said: “France has failed to produce its vaccine and French scientists were not as advanced as other countries are and did not get their vaccine ready.
“And then they’re also in the situation where they are in the European Union and its vaccine rollout has cost lives.
“This is not only going to create a problem where more people will die from Covid… and they will have to have more lockdowns…