Friday December 31, 2021
“Don’t break over the knee”
Bas against a quick vaccination decision
At the beginning of the new year, parliament should decide on the introduction of a general corona vaccination requirement. The President of the Bundestag, Bas, calls on people to take their time on this complex issue. She thinks a decision in January is too early.
Bundestag President Bärbel Bas has spoken out against the quick adoption of a corona vaccination obligation by parliament. “We should really take our time to make a vaccination compulsory and not break anything over the knee. I would consider a Bundestag resolution in January to be premature,” said the SPD politician of the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”.
The Bundestag must deal thoroughly with the complex and controversial issue. “After all, it is also about the physical integrity of the people, and many see this threatened. That has to be taken seriously.”
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz had already spoken out in favor of the fact that there should be no compulsory parliamentary party in a vote in the Bundestag on such a law for a general obligation to vaccinate. Usually, political groups in parliament vote in unison. However, there have also been deviations from this principle in the past, for example in relation to sensitive issues such as euthanasia or organ donations.
According to earlier information, Scholz himself wants to agree to a mandatory vaccination and is assuming that it will be introduced in February or March. In almost all political groups there are different opinions on the subject.
If the goal is achieved of driving the vaccination rate in the population towards 80 or even 90 percent, “we may not need any more compulsory vaccinations,” Bas told the newspaper. If it does come, then only with a list of all vaccinated citizens.
“Compulsory vaccination only makes sense with a national vaccination register.” This is the only way to avoid forgeries, said the Speaker of the Parliament. Such a register is just as controversial as the compulsory vaccination itself because of the high effort involved and for reasons of data protection.