Baerbock left the NATO meeting early – to vote for compulsory vaccination
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Chancellor Scholz has asked Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to take part in the vote on compulsory corona vaccination. Therefore, she left Brussels early. The NATO foreign ministers’ meeting is about, among other things, additional arms deliveries for Ukraine.
AForeign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) had to leave the NATO meeting in Brussels early because of the Bundestag vote on compulsory corona vaccination. The Chancellor had asked the minister to take part in the vote, government circles said on Thursday morning.
Before the vote without the usual parliamentary group specifications, there were no clear majorities on Thursday. The compromise proposal for compulsory vaccination for people over the age of 60 was the only draft law that had been drafted. Two groups of MPs from the SPD, FDP and Greens had agreed on this. In fact, Baerbock arrived in the Bundestag on time.
However, the application clearly failed: 296 MPs voted in favor, 378 against. Nine abstained c. The Bundestag is still voting on two other applications today, these reject an obligation, and in an application the Union first calls for the establishment of a vaccination register.
At the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Thursday, among other things, additional arms deliveries for Ukraine were discussed. Baerbock said that the partners are looking at how Ukraine can be supported more intensively and in a coordinated manner in the future. Ukraine has a right to self-defense.
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