sean tipton from abta, thank you very much your time.umber of cases of the omicron variant. in france, president macron has said he wants to make life more difficult for people who haven't been vaccinated. italy's government will also meet later to decide whether to approve tougher measures. our correspondent, mark lowen, has more. a new year surge and new political tensions over tackling it. in france, currently with europe's highest cases, a parliament debate about vaccine passes for restaurants and trains was suspended after an interview by president macron that prompted howls of outrage. he told le parisien newspaper he wanted to bar the unvaccinated from social activities, using the slang word, emmerder, aiming to kiss them off. it's deepened france's already fractious discussion. the government's plans to bring in the law by mid january thrown into doubt. translation: a president - of the republic cannot say the sorts of things that have been said. translation: we will not continue i to debate a bill that you describe i as protecti

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