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Jens Spahn is under fire again after the AstraZeneca vaccination ban
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After the vaccination ban for the AstraZeneca vaccine, Health Minister Spahn comes under more pressure.
Because of his actions in the corona crisis, FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki is calling for his dismissal.
"There are only a few months until the election, but a replacement of Spahn as health minister would help to create new confidence in the population in the state," said Kubicki the editorial network Germany (RND).
“The performance of Mr. Spahn as Minister of Health can only be rated with a five or a six.
Spahn is not up to his task, «said the FDP vice-president.
Germany did not protect the old people's and nursing homes in time, Spahn opted for protection through masks too late, and he also failed with the test and vaccination strategy, according to the FDP politician.
"Peter Altmaier should also dismiss the Chancellor from his position as Minister of Economics," added Kubicki.
"Altmaier did not manage to bring the promised help to the self-employed in even an approximately tolerable time." This policy of procrastination continues with the Corona hardship fund.
Green parliamentary leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt also attacked Spahn.
"With the uncoordinated and poorly communicated suspension of vaccinations with AstraZeneca, Health Minister Spahn has further undermined confidence in vaccination policy," she told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
Spahn and the government should now "put a plan on the table as to how protection by vaccinations can be increased quickly," demanded Göring-Eckardt.
"Communicative total failure"
Juso boss Jessica Rosenthal accused Spahn of a "total communication failure" in connection with the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccinations.
"His actions not only damage trust in the vaccine, but also in the political decision-makers," said Rosenthal of the "Rheinische Post".
The head of the Junge Union, Tilman Kuban, took Spahn and Altmaier under protection.
Both would "be held responsible for things for which they are not responsible," Kuban told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
Altmaier "jumped into the breach when the economic aid was paid out because Finance Minister Scholz and the federal states ducked away," said Kuban.
Buying and organizing the tests is the responsibility of the federal states.
The dissatisfaction of the citizens with the corona management is fueled "by controversy and unfriendly treatment in the federal government," accused the JU head of the SPD.
Previously, Thomas Kutschaty, parliamentary group and designated state chairman of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia, said that Spahn was no longer acceptable.
He first failed "with the procurement of the vaccines, then with the test strategy."
Spahn then received support from the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU).
A change at the head of the department would not help now, said Söder in the ARD program »Brennpunkt«.
In the short time, no one with Jens Spahn's wealth of experience could take over the ministry, said Söder.
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