Scholz Defeated as German Lawmakers Reject Mandatory Covid Shots
- Bundestag votes against vaccine mandate for those 60 and older
- Scholz and his health minister backed compulsory inoculation
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German lawmakers rejected legislation imposing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on people ages 60 and older, a setback for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his health minister, who had backed compulsory inoculation.
After a testy debate in the lower house of parliament, 378 lawmakers voted against the law and 296 in favor, a result that prompted cheers from the ranks of the far-right AfD party who had bitterly opposed it. Lawmakers were free to choose without necessarily following their party line and some members from Scholz’s ruling coalition voted against the law.