citizens will become marginalized and will feel themselves in a kind of brocade. >> reporter: the assembly was longer than the government expected. his words he wanted to piss off the unvaccinated, certainly didn't help. he was seeking as a reforming president, as a strong president, to look ahead to an election that is now less than three months away. >> when he said that it's if re-elected, i will continue to do this kind of thing. i will continue to reform france even if you don't like it. >> reporter: the french president has yet to confirm that he'll run, but his covid policies look set to loom large. president candidates taking part in recent protests, with several like the far-right's le pen opposed not so much to vaccine per se, as to the vaccine pass. and there is little pass emanuel macron will seek reelection. on tuesday he was announcing fresh investments aimed at making the country more