French President Macron Says Anti-Vax Protesters Have ‘Lost Their Minds’

Demonstrators clash police during anti vaccine passport protests, in Paris, on July 31.

Photographer: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images

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French President Emmanuel Macron has stepped up criticism of radical anti-vaccine demonstrators who oppose his push to boost vaccination across the country.

“I won’t give in to their radical violence at all,” Macron said in an interview with Paris Match magazine, according to excerpts made available online before the full article is published on Thursday. “Their attitude is a threat to democracy. They mix up everything.”