Thursday, December 16, 2021
Draft for first request
20 FDP MPs reject compulsory vaccination
The traffic light wants the Bundestag to vote on the general compulsory vaccination without being forced to join a parliamentary group. The first application for this is presented by 20 FDP members around Wolfgang Kubicki. Unlike party leader Christian Lindner, they want to vote against the measure.
In the debate about compulsory vaccination against the coronavirus, the draft for an initial application is available in the Bundestag. The paper signed by more than 20 FDP MPs clearly speaks out against such an obligation. According to the draft, the Bundestag should affirm “that there will be no general compulsory vaccination against Sars-CoV-2 in the Federal Republic of Germany”. The Bundestag combines this “with the appeal that as many people as possible continue to protect themselves against Covid-19 in the best possible way by taking advantage of the recommended offers of a corona vaccination”.
The most prominent signatory of the draft proposal is Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki. The Federal Government is asked, among other things, to “intensify efforts below the encroachment on fundamental rights of mandatory vaccination or so-called 2G measures”. For example, “multilingual educational and advertising spots and a broad campaign for vaccination supported by relevant social actors such as churches, Muslim associations, trade unions, and sports clubs” are proposed.
The federal government is also encouraged to maintain and intensify other low-threshold vaccination offers, such as vaccination campaigns at major events or at core times in front of hardware stores and in shopping centers. The personal cover letter with the offer of a vaccination appointment for every citizen should also be checked. The draft application also mentions the compulsory vaccination against smallpox and measles. In both cases, if the population is vaccinated, a stop of the spread is to be expected or has already been proven. “Similar targets – i.e. the extinction of the transmission of Sars-CoV-2 – cannot be defined with the vaccines currently available because they cannot be achieved”.
Party leader Christian Lindner had already stated that the FDP will not vote in full on the issue. The FDP parliamentary group will “place it in the ethical balance of the members of our parliamentary group as to whether they agree to a general vaccination requirement,” said the Federal Minister of Finance last week. Lindner had also announced that he would personally probably vote for a general corona vaccination requirement.