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Germany-Coronavirus: General Mandatory Vaccination Decisions by March

The SPD and the Greens are lowering expectations for a speedy compulsory vaccination, according to spiegel.de, at a time when the Bundestag is about to discuss general compulsory vaccination.

Justice Minister Marco Busban (FDP) is calling for a quick decision. For their part, however, the Social Democrats and the Greens have doubts about the timetable.

Vaccines are the most important tool in fighting the pandemic, according to Spiegel.

In Germany, however, the vaccination rate is still lower than expected. A mandatory vaccination could help, the same post notes. However, there is disagreement over the timeline within the SPD-Greens-FDP governing coalition.

Politicians from the SPD and the Greens have now lowered expectations for a quick Bundestag decision on a general mandatory vaccination. The vice-president of the SPD parliamentary group, Dirk Wiese, told the “Tagesspiegel” in Berlin that “we must complete the discussions in the Bundestag in the first quarter”.

This was a demanding program. In view of possible delays, Wiese said compulsory vaccination does not have a short-term effect anyway, but is “a precautionary precaution for the coming autumn and winter”.

The head of the Bundestag Greens’ parliamentary group, Britta Hasselman, said it was “not an easy decision”, as “it is a profound intervention”.

He noted that the parliamentary groups should first discuss what ideas exist, he noted. “And then we can have the public debate in the Bundestag at the end of January,” Hasselmann told the Funke media. The question is “so relevant and extensive” that it needs “correct and very careful advice”. However, Hasselban herself was in favor of compulsory vaccination.

However, Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) is calling for a quick decision.

“The Bundestag will have to decide quickly if vaccination should be introduced. And if so, for whom,” Bushmann told Bild am Sonntag.

MEPs should also take the time to look carefully at this difficult issue.

The Bundestag will have to vote on compulsory vaccination without group specifications. However, a quick decision is unlikely. Initially, a “guidance debate” was discussed in January.

The SPD aims to complete a legislative process “in the first quarter”, ie by the end of March.

The next regular Bundesrat meeting will take place on 8 April.

The German Association of Municipalities supports the plans for the introduction of a general compulsory vaccination and is based on a quick decision.

“To leave the pandemic behind, we need to be vaccinated for the most part, we can probably only do this with a general compulsory vaccination,” said Marcus Leve, president of the Union of Municipalities. He warned: “The Bundestag must hold the necessary debate quickly and decide. Then we would be better prepared for the fifth wave.”

Union parliamentary group leader Thorsten Fry called on Chancellor Olaf Solz (SPD) to be more proactive. “The Chancellor can not wait with folded arms to see if there will be proposals from Parliament or not. There is a waste of valuable time. This is the opposite of leadership, this is the refusal to work!” the CDU politician told “Bild am Sonntag”.

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Source From: Capital

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