European Commission says not studying compulsory vaccination after asking Von der Leyen to open debate
The European Commission clarified on Monday that is not working on any proposal to coordinate measures for a compulsory vaccination against the coronavirus in the European Union because it is the exclusive prerogative of the Member States, a few days after the Head of the Community Executive, Ursula von der Leyen, asked to open the debate to Twenty-Seven. “From an institutional point of view, this question is something that is clearly within the competences of the Member States. That is why we are not going to make any kind of proposal in this regard, ”Von der Leyen spokesperson Eric Mamer said at a press conference in Brussels.
The President of the Commission, a doctor by training, shared her “Personal opinion” when he advocates opening the debate in the European Union on the advisability or not of a compulsory vaccination, aware that health issues are the exclusive competence of the partner countries, explained his spokesperson. The European Union’s health ministers will meet this Tuesday in Brussels to continue the analysis, among other things, of pandemic management and vaccination campaigns, although the debate on compulsory vaccination that some countries are already promoting was not on the formal agenda of the meeting.
Asked about last Wednesday, Von der Leyen told reporters she had no “no recommendation” what to do to national governments, but added that in his opinion it was “understandable and appropriate” to think about how to improve immunization rates and even “Potentially think” about compulsory vaccination. “We have to discuss it and concentrate commmon», Reasoned then the Head of the Community Executive, recalling that a third of the European population, that is to say 150 million citizens of the EU, is still not vaccinated and that a large majority of them “could” be immune.
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