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Wolfgang Kubicki: "This draft from the circle of some FDP MPs is a first serve that opens this important debate."
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In the debate on a general compulsory vaccination against the coronavirus, the draft for an initial application is available in the Bundestag. Currently, 31 members of the FDP parliamentary group support a vote initiated by Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki against the introduction of a general vaccination requirement. This emerges from the current status of the application paper that is available to the "Rheinische Post". On Thursday the number of signatories was a good 20.
“It was a wise and correct decision to openly debate this medico-ethical issue in Parliament.
This draft from the circle of some FDP MPs is a first contribution that opens this important debate, «said Kubicki of the newspaper.
He was happy to receive further support for this application, but also to receive criticism, and he was excited to see how the other applications would be worded.
“It's not a question of factions or party affiliations, it's a matter of conscience.
It would therefore be advisable not to accuse either supporters or those with unfair motives who speak out against a general and general compulsory vaccination, "said the FDP vice-chief.
The paper from the ranks of the FDP parliamentary group with the title "Increase readiness for vaccination without general vaccination against Sars-CoV-2" is a draft for a first such group application.
In addition to Kubicki, the supporters also include the health policy spokeswoman for the parliamentary group, Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus, and the former FDP general secretary Linda Teuteberg.
Supporters from other factions were initially not known.
Lindner intends to support mandatory vaccination
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), a vote should be taken in February or March about the introduction of a general vaccination requirement.
The MPs should be free to make their own decisions and should not be subject to parliamentary group discipline.
FDP boss and Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner has announced that he will probably vote in the Bundestag for a general vaccination requirement.
At the same time, he predicted that this question would be assessed differently within his group.
Kubicki, on the other hand, has long been positioned against compulsory corona vaccination for everyone.
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