Of the FDP federal chairman and designated finance minister Christian Lindner makes itself in the face of Corona situation strong for a general vaccination requirement. To a corresponding announcement by the designated Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Lindner said on Thursday on Bild Live: “I openly say that my direction is also that of mandatory vaccination.” However, he does not yet know the applications.
Lindner had long spoken out against a general compulsory vaccination. He had hoped for a vaccination rate of 85 percent and was “disappointed that the vaccination readiness is so low,” he said on Thursday.
“That’s why we keep getting into these situations like now, when freedoms for everyone have to be restricted,” said Lindner. He also referred to sufficient experience with the vaccines. “We have to open up to such a compulsory vaccination. It’s a sharp sword, but I think it’s proportionate. “
Regarding calls for a lockdown to combat the fourth corona wave, Lindner said: “I can already hear that many are calling for a lockdown these days and I consider this to be an ultima ratio, we already had that.” how long it took to reopen social life after the November lockdown last year.