In March, the Bundestag is to vote on the introduction of compulsory corona vaccination. It is not yet clear whether there is a majority for this.
According to the ideas of some MPs, a general corona vaccination requirement from the age of 18 could apply in Germany from October 1st, provided there is a majority in favor of it in the Bundestag.
“We are aiming to pass the law in the Bundestag in the second half of March. After a period of several months for advice and subsequent vaccinations, the obligation to vaccinate should then take effect on October 1st, »said the FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann to the newspapers of the Funke media group.
Strack-Zimmermann belongs to a group of MPs from the SPD, Greens and FDP who are campaigning for compulsory vaccinations from the age of 18. Recently, more and more details of their proposal had become known. In a key issue paper, the parliamentary group advocated that the vaccination requirement should be met with three vaccinations and that it should be limited to the end of next year. The health insurance companies should therefore inform their insured persons, query the vaccination status via a vaccination portal and save it.
Anyone who misses the vaccination date faces a fine
“In a third step, the cash registers should then report those people to the municipalities who have not submitted proof of vaccination,” said Strack-Zimmermann. The health authorities would then offer a vaccination appointment. Anyone who lets it pass must expect a fine if they do not get vaccinated within four weeks. “In this way it will certainly be possible to reach several million unvaccinated people.”
In the key issues paper, the parliamentarians had already made it clear that, if necessary, multiple fines could be imposed. So-called compulsory detention should be avoided. From the point of view of the MPs, the aim of compulsory vaccination should be to protect society and the health system from renewed overload and to build up “a high level of basic immunity in good time before next winter”.
No faction coercion when voting
When voting in the Bundestag, there should be no group coercion. MEPs can join so-called cross-party group motions. Strack-Zimmermann developed her proposal together with the SPD deputies Dirk Wiese, Heike Baehrens and Dagmar Schmidt, the Greens Janosch Dahmen and Till Steffen as well as Katrin Helling-Plahr from the FDP.
In addition, there are other parliamentarians around the FDP health politician Andrew Ullmann, who advocate a middle ground and advocate a mandatory professional and personal consultation for all adult unvaccinated people. If the necessary vaccination rate is not achieved after a certain period of time, an obligation from the age of 50 could take effect. A group led by FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki, on the other hand, wants to prevent compulsory vaccination in general. The AfD has also submitted an application against compulsory vaccination.
Whether there will be a majority for compulsory vaccination is an open question. A survey by “Welt” among all 736 members of the Bundestag recently gave a very unclear picture.
Source: Stern
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