German vaccine mandates - the timeline

This is how and when vaccine mandates could become a reality in Germany.

The essentials on compulsory vaccines. What is the government planning, when will the Bundestag debate it, and how are the parties likely to vote?

I thought it might be useful to update you in today’s members’ article on plans to bring in compulsory vaccinations, as these have been dominating the news this Wednesday.

Olaf Scholz made his first speech in the Bundestag today as Chancellor, where he put forward the case for compulsory Covid vaccines for all adults.

Getting vaccinated is "not a decision you make just for yourself, and that's why compulsory vaccination is the right thing to do", he said. He argued that vaccinations slow down the transmission of the virus and thus getting jabbed means “protecting 80 million fellow citizens.”

Suffice to say, not everyone in Germany agrees with this point of view. Concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of the vaccines to deal with the latest iteration of the virus, the practicality of continually vaccinating 70 million people, and the …