Discussion on Mandatory Vaccination in EU

If you look at the numbers, we have now seventy-seven percent of the

adults

in the European Union vaccinated, or if you take the whole population, it's

sixty-six percent.

And this means one-third of the European population is not

vaccinated. These are one hundred fifty million people.

This is a lot.

And not each and every one can be vaccinated, so there

are very small children, for example, or people with special medical

conditions,

but the vast majority could.

And therefore, I think, um, it is understandable

and appropriate to lead this discussion now,

um, how we can encourage and potentially think about

mandatory vaccination, um, within the European Union.

This needs discussion.

This needs, um, a common approach, but it is a

discussion that I think has to be led.