It seems practically impossible to introduce the general vaccination obligation in March, which was announced by Chancellor Olaf Solz, as the regulation “stumbles” on political and technical obstacles. On the contrary, the decision for mandatory vaccination of workers in the wider health sector has entered into force by March 15, but those in charge are expecting problems and reactions.
The chancellor does not want to commit to a timetable, but lets the Federal Parliament set its own agenda, Deputy Government Spokeswoman Christiane Hoffman said today, but said Mr Soltz wanted the issue to be raised soon. The federal government “does not intend to submit its own bill, but there should be motions for resolutions by groups of MPs to the Bundestag.” For the decision, Mrs. Hoffman stressed, the “party line” in the parliamentary groups should be removed.
Opposition leader Christian Democrats (CDU) Secretary-General Paul Cimiak called on the government to draft a general vaccination bill without delay, saying his party leadership was in favor of such an arrangement. “It is now a matter of implementation. The government just needs to respond immediately. “Doing nothing is not a choice, it only upsets people,” Tsimiak said.
The Tagesspiegel newspaper, citing government sources, says the regulation will not be ready for implementation until June, while the German news agency dpa notes that the ruling coalition parties, SPD, Greens and FDP, want to avoid drafting legislation. and would like a general debate in the Bundestag at the end of January, on the basis of three cross-party proposals on the issue, without a partisan “line”, as has been done in the past on the issue of euthanasia. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung, for its part, says that if the vote in the Bundestag takes place in mid-March, the Federal Council will be asked to approve it at its regular meeting on April 8.
The “green” Foreign Minister Analena Berboc also supported the mandatory vaccination from Rome today. “I think that would make sense. “We have to relive life as we used to and protect people,” Ms Burbock said after meeting with Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio. “You and your party have already solved this,” the minister added, addressing Mr Mayo.
In the debate on the general obligation to vaccinate, the delays are partly due to the attitude of the Liberals (FDP), who appear divided on the issue. The party’s health official, Andrew Ullmann, proposed the obligation to vaccinate according to age and based on criteria not the number of cases, but the number of treatments with Covid-19. “If the number of treatments increases despite the measures that have been taken, then a mandatory vaccination of people over the age of 50 could possibly help,” Mr Ullmann told the Augsburger Allgemeine. Liberal Justice Minister Marco Bushman, who has so far refrained from commenting on the issue, said in a statement that if the Bundestag approved the regulation, its implementation would proceed quickly and would not be delayed due to legal issues. He noted, however, that there was not enough time to set up a vaccination register for compulsory vaccination, and said violators would be fined and public transport regulations strictly monitored, with access only to vaccinated / sick and those who test negative. “But everyone should be able to get vaccinated. “Therefore, I would wait a few months between the entry into force of the law and its mandatory implementation for citizens,” Bushman added.
Problems are also emerging in Olaf Solz’s party, with SPD general secretary Kevin Kunert trying to interpret the chancellor’s initial statement in favor of vaccination as an expression of “desire only” at the time. It is clear that “a general vaccination requirement could not help address the current wave of Omicron,” Mr Kunert said, adding that the Bundestag program did not allow the general debate to take place immediately. In any case, he stressed, the deputies should be allowed to vote conscientiously and he has not, as he said, yet decided how it will be positioned.
In the meantime, the obligation to vaccinate Covid-19 against all those working in the wider health sector by March 15 is already raising concerns about the possibility of mass departures of employees from the respective structures. The problems are estimated to concern not so much the hospitals, where the vaccination rate reaches 100%, but mainly the elderly care units and rehabilitation centers. According to the government decision, the workers in the health sector will have to present a vaccination or cure certificate to their employer by March 15. On March 16, employers must report those who did not provide it to the health services and release them from their duties.
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