In favour of compulsory vaccination for adults, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has come out in favour of mandatory vaccination[/B] and stressed that he would work particularly hard to successfully complete the preparation of the regulation.
However, he ruled out the possibility that the federal government would submit a bill
Speaking earlier this evening in the Federal Parliament, Mr. Scholz said the issue of compulsory vaccination was so fundamental that different routes had to be taken, justifying the government's decision not to table its own proposal but to ask MPs to table cross-party bills.
The route via cross-party motions always leads to a satisfactory political debate, he said, and spoke of procedures that should not be delayed. I consider a general obligation to vaccinate necessary and will actively work for it, he said, adding that the regulation should apply to all citizens over the age of 18 and should be designed in the least bureaucratic way possible.
The Christian Union (CDU/CSU) is in favour of compulsory vaccination, but in view of the intra-governmental differences on the issue it insists that the federal government should table its own proposal and not shift the responsibility to the MPs. The co-governing Liberal Party (FDP) currently appears divided and cautious on the issue, with a group of its MPs rejecting the introduction of a general obligation and other members accepting only the obligation to vaccinate citizens over the age of 50.
Source: CNA
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