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The group is in favor of compulsory corona vaccination from the age of 18: Seven members of the coalition factions of the SPD, FDP and Greens have announced a first draft law.
The letter is available to SPIEGEL.
First, the German Press Agency reported about it, which also has the letter.
According to the letter, the MPs want to work on a draft after the orientation debate in Parliament planned for next Wednesday.
The letter is signed by the SPD MPs Dirk Wiese, Heike Baehrens and Dagmar Schmidt, the Green MPs Janosch Dahmen and Till Steffen and the FDP MPs Kathrin Helling-Plahr and Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.
So far, a first draft of a group around FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki is known, which speaks out against compulsory vaccination.
"We are expressly open and cross-party on this important issue, as we want to bring about a democratic consensus for the best possible solution," the letter says.
The aim is a "sustainable, proportionate and at the same time targeted" solution.
»Our motivation is primarily to be prepared for the coming autumn and winter season in the long term and to prevent the healthcare system from being overloaded in future waves of infection.«
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder criticized the traffic light coalition for its actions on compulsory vaccination on Friday.
It is "very unfortunate" that Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is in favor of compulsory vaccination, but his federal government is not contributing to implementation.
"You can't declare yourself neutral on a topic," said Söder.
The different motions planned by the traffic light parties for the Bundestag debate could lead to random majorities (read more about the group motions here).
According to participants in the meeting, CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt said that instead of a clear stance by the federal government, there were only “private opinions” from Scholz and Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD).
As a person, Lauterbach is in favor of compulsory vaccination, but as a minister he has no opinion – “that is simply a refusal to work”.
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