Chancellor Olaf Scholz has regretted the failure of a general corona vaccination, but sees no basis for a renewed attempt. The statement by Parliament was very clear, said the SPD politician on Thursday evening in Berlin. “There is no legislative majority in the Bundestag for compulsory vaccination. This is the reality that we must now take as a starting point for our actions.”
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and his Bavarian colleague Klaus Holetschek (CSU) had previously spoken out in favor of making a new attempt at general vaccination. He would continue to try “to achieve compulsory vaccination by autumn in order to avoid unnecessary victims in the fall,” Lauterbach reiterated in the “Bild” newspaper.