Status: 11/15/2021 4:17 p.m.
The SPD, Greens and FDP have not yet agreed on compulsory vaccinations for certain professional groups. Statements by the Green parliamentary group leader Göring-Eckardt previously suggested that the traffic light parties had agreed on it.
The traffic light parties have not yet agreed on compulsory vaccinations for certain professional groups. “There is no agreement on compulsory vaccination in facilities. If I have been misunderstood, then I am sorry,” said Green Group leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt in a press conference. “I personally, as you know, think we should continue to talk about it and see how the measures that we have now taken actually work,” Göring-Eckert continued.
Göring-Eckardt had previously said: “We will need compulsory vaccinations for institutions, nursing homes, day-care centers, etc. We will get this off the ground.” When asked, she had confirmed that the members of the desired traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP were in agreement on this issue.
Compulsory vaccination should be further advised
From the context of the coalition negotiations, the impression that had arisen after statements by Göring-Eckardt was then contradicted. “The traffic light will only be advised about mandatory vaccination in special facilities in its own procedure, regardless of the Infection Protection Act,” said a spokeswoman for the parliamentary group of the dpa news agency.
A possible vaccination requirement for certain areas would not be part of the reform of the Infection Protection Act, which is to be passed this week, but a separate legislative process, said Göring-Eckardt now. The corona situation is highly dramatic, said Göring-Eckardt. It is now a matter of building a protective wall for children and young people as well as other particularly vulnerable groups and with a view to the situation in the hospitals.