Macron humiliated! Why French President had to roll back on UK travel ban

What’s more, France is currently posting comparable numbers of coronavirus infections as the UK, and the Omicron variant is already circulating throughout the country.

The prevalence of Omicron has already helped drive infection numbers across the channel to a record 232,000 new cases yesterday.

French tourism businesses have declared their anger with President Macron, claiming he is playing politics with their livelihoods due to poor France-UK relations.

Francois Badjily, head of the Alpe d’Huez tourist office, said: “We have the impression that our industry is being made to pay the price for the poor relations between both countries right now, whether it’s about Brexit or fishing or whatever.