RTL/ntv trend barometer
Majority for compulsory vaccination continues to shrink
2/1/2022, 4:49 p.m
In the Bundestag, several groups of deputies are working on proposals for compulsory vaccination, while support from the population continues to decrease. Compulsory vaccinations from the age of 50 are even less convincing.
Only 66 percent of Germans are currently in favor of introducing compulsory vaccinations for all adults over the age of 18, compared to 73 percent in mid-January. According to the RTL/ntv trend barometer, 29 percent are currently against a general obligation to vaccinate. This value has increased by 5 percentage points in the past 14 days.
A general obligation to vaccinate still has the greatest support among supporters of the SPD (81%), the Greens (74%) and the Union parties (72%). Of the supporters of the FDP (58%) and the Left Party (55%), only a little more than half are in favor of general vaccination. The supporters of the AfD (83%) continue to be the only majority against compulsory vaccination for all adults.
Least convincing: compulsory vaccination over 50
Only a minority (36%) support the proposal to introduce compulsory vaccinations only for people over the age of 50. Members of the Bundestag around the FDP health politician Andrew Ullmann developed this idea. According to her assessment, the mandatory vaccination for the age group particularly at risk from Corona would be sufficient to avoid overloading the health system. At 58 percent, however, a clear majority of Germans have so far spoken out against such a solution.
The proportion of Germans who believe that vaccination will become compulsory for all adults in Germany has fallen over the past week. 35 percent (compared to 42 percent in the previous week) currently assume that vaccination will be compulsory for all adults, 59 percent do not believe so.
Increasingly under criticism: Karl Lauterbach
Satisfaction with the Corona crisis management by Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach has also continued to decline. 47 percent (- 5 percentage points) of Germans are currently satisfied with their crisis management. 49 percent (+ 5 percentage points) are less or not at all satisfied with this. Only the supporters of the SPD and the Greens are currently mostly satisfied with Lauterbach’s crisis policy. The majority of the supporters of all other parties (including the supporters of the coalition partner FDP) are less or not satisfied with his work with regard to the corona pandemic.
The data was collected by the market and opinion research institute forsa on behalf of RTL Germany from January 28 to 31, 2022. Database: 1,001 respondents. Statistical error tolerance: +/-3 percentage points.