Status: 04/04/2022 11:45 a.m
In Germany, for the time being, there should be no general vaccination requirement for adults. Because of the lack of prospects of success, the parliamentary supporters initially gave up on the project. Instead, there should be a compromise.
For the time being, there will be no general vaccination requirement for all adult citizens in Germany. The parliamentary advocates of general vaccination requirements from the age of 18 put the project on hold due to a lack of prospects of success, as the initiators of the Bundestag application announced.
The Green MP Till Steffen instead proposes compulsory vaccination for people over the age of 50. According to the new bill, all citizens between the ages of 18 and 49 should undergo mandatory vaccination advice.
Later vaccination is not excluded
Applicants also expressly keep open the possibility of later extending compulsory vaccination to all adults if necessary. In addition, the preparation of a vaccination register is planned, as is particularly required by the Union.
The SPD MP Dagmar Schmidt admitted that efforts to find a compromise between the advocates of compulsory vaccination from 18 on the one hand and the Union, which only wants to take a precautionary decision for a possible later compulsory vaccination, and a third group preparing compulsory vaccination from the age of 50 wants to have failed.
If it stays that way, the new application should now be put to the vote in the Bundestag instead of the application for general vaccination, said Schmidt. However, a majority for it is still uncertain.