the Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group, Dagmar Schmidt, has Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SDP) even in the event of a defeat in the vote on the corona vaccination requirement support assured. “If in a group procedure the motion that you support does not find a majority in the end – which I still do not hope will be the case – then that’s a lot, but no reason to take your hat off in any way,” said Schmidt Thursday on Deutschlandfunk just before the vote in the Bundestag. In a democracy, defeat is not bad.
Shortly before the vote, Schmidt campaigned again for the compromise proposal and also hoped for votes from the Union. There are also many there who would like to make provisions for the fall. “In this respect, I believe that there is also a high degree of responsibility there,” said Schmidt. In the ZDF “Morgenmagazin” FDP health politician Andrew Ullmann was cautiously optimistic. “Clear majorities don’t exist at the moment,” he said. It will be shown to what extent the speeches and debates from the past have led to a majority. “I’m very optimistic that we’ll get a majority.”
The health policy spokesman for the Union faction, Tino Sorge, appealed via Twitter “to all undecided people to join the proposal for flexible vaccination – with vaccination not “in reserve”, but only as a last resort when the situation requires it, reliable knowledge & effective vaccines are available”.