Friday 19th November 2021
FDP gives in
Lindner: Partial vaccination will come
The Greens have already rushed ahead – but the traffic light parties weren’t ready yet. With the pressure of the latest federal-state round, FDP boss Lindner is now announcing that employees in certain facilities will have to be vaccinated.
For a long time, the FDP has opposed compulsory corona vaccination for employees of certain facilities such as nursing homes – now it is giving in. “In the meantime, the federal and state governments have spoken out in favor of a facility-related vaccination requirement. It will therefore come,” said party leader Christian Lindner of “Süddeutsche ZeitungThe FDP parliamentary group will advise on the subject next Tuesday.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, everyone, including the Chancellor, ruled out any vaccination requirements,” emphasized Lindner. Practitioners also had concerns that affected employees could leave their jobs. “In the meantime it is generally assessed differently,” said the FDP boss.
Lindner rejected his party’s joint responsibility for the current dramatic infection situation. “It seems to me that general neglect led to this difficult autumn,” he said. For example, the FDP warned against the premature expiry of the free citizen tests. It is correct that these are now being reintroduced. He also promotes vaccination “at every opportunity”.
Lindner complained that the vaccination progress had fallen short of expectations. Unvaccinated people would therefore have to “adjust to considerable restrictions in social life”. 2G regulations were “of course” part of it. “I expect that we will have to go beyond that, at least regionally, and also have to introduce close-knit tests for vaccinated people,” the FDP boss said. For his party, however, it is important that “curfews, widespread closings and blanket lockdowns for everyone” are prevented.