The compulsory vaccination project -promised by the German chancellor had been blocked for several months- obtained 296 votes, but was rejected by 378 deputies. Nine abstained.
The blow is big for Angela Merkel’s successor, who had spoken out at the end of the year for a compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 for all adults by “the end of February or the beginning of March”.
But the Social Democrat Scholz was unable to join the group of the three parties of his own government coalition, which brings together his forces plus the environmentalists and liberals. He also failed to attract conservative opposition.
The issue is thorny in a Germany where the anti-vaccine movement is highly mobilized. The liberals of the FDP have stopped for months any idea of a vaccination obligation.
Despite a bill that was stripped of its substance at the end, with an obligation reserved only for those over 60, the government failed to muster a majority in the Bundestag.
The health situation remains delicate in Germany, which has registered more than 200,000 new cases daily every 24 hours in recent days. The incidence rate over seven days exceeds 1,200.
About 76% of the population received two doses of vaccine. But only 58.9% of Germans injected themselves with a Covid-19 booster, according to the Robert Koch institute.
Source: Ambito
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