{"id":1076128,"date":"2021-12-02T10:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076128"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:28:50","slug":"chinafication-of-europe-eu-president-hints-at-bloc-wide-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinafication-of-europe-eu-president-hints-at-bloc-wide-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chinafication of Europe\u2019: EU President Hints at Bloc-Wide Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinafication-of-europe-eu-president-hints-at-bloc-wide-vaccine-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076128&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1228511835-1-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has called for discussions regarding the implementation of forced vaccination throughout the entire EU, in a move that has been described as the \u201cChinafication of Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours after the incoming chancellor of Germany said he was in favour of imposing mandatory vaccinations, Angela Merkel proteg\u00e9-turned European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen appeared to follow suit, hinting on Wednesday that the entire bloc may seek to impose vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNot each and every one can be vaccinated \u2013 children, for example, or people with special medical conditions \u2013 but the vast majority could and therefore, I think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion now,\u201d&nbsp;the Commission president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/01\/eu-must-consider-mandatory-covid-jabs-says-von-der-leyen\">told<\/a> reporters in Brussels, according to <em>The Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the European Union, this needs discussion,\u201d the president continued. \u201cThis needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that I think has to be met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the EU chief, the President of the Irish Freedom Party Hermann Kelly \u2014 who was also Nigel Farage\u2019s comms Tsar in the European Union before Britain left the European Union \u2014 told Breitbart London that \u201cstate coercion\u201d and the \u201clockdown of dissenters\u201d should be resisted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>When individuals were at the point of even having lost the right to choose what was taken inside their own body in the face of government diktats, it becomes questionably exactly what liberties an individual has at all, the veteran Eurosceptic said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued:&nbsp;\u201cIf you allow the state to dictate what chemical or biological agent you must take inside your body, exactly what liberty have you left?&nbsp;We are witnessing the Chinafication of Europe with identity cards or mandatory digital certificates and it is becoming very dangerous indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to reject this EU imposition and choose freedom instead,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9775280898876\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Austria: Unvaccinated Could Face Prison as Country Locks Down and Govt Makes Vaccines COMPULSORY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WMPcDzhJne\">https:\/\/t.co\/WMPcDzhJne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1461728473160945669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The EU Commission president\u2019s comments come after a number of European countries have discussed implementing the measure in the hopes of combating rising COVID cases, with Austria announcing that they will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">implementing<\/a> forced vaccination from February next year. Those refusing vaccination face perpetual lockdown, fines of up to \u20ac7,200, and potential prison time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Following the announcement, the leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, said that the measure crossed a \u201cdark red line\u201d and that the state had turned into a \u201cdictatorship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Greece has meanwhile announced it will be implementing monthly fines of \u20ac100 for over-60s who remain unvaccinated after December, a move that Greece\u2019s main opposition party has called punitive and financially excessive,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-59474808\">according<\/a> to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s incoming chancellor \u2014 who is set to succeed Angela Merkel this month \u2014 Olaf Scholz also voiced his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/01\/merkel-successor-sholz-pushes-mandatory-vaccinations-for-germans\/\">support<\/a> for mandatory vaccinations, blaming the unvaccinated for the recent surge in coronavirus cases seen within the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the case that the fact that there are so many who have not been vaccinated is the reason why we have a problem today as a whole country,\u201d Scholz said.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz also announced on Tuesday a number of new anti-COVID regulations, including forced mask-wearing in schools and the barring of unvaccinated individuals from all retail shops, as well as from attending events, regardless of whether they have a negative COVID test or not.<\/p>\n<p>Germans appear to be willing to accept mandates from the state on vaccines, with a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/26\/majority-of-germans-support-authoritarian-forced-vax-mandate-poll-finds\/\">survey<\/a> finding that nearly seventy per cent of those polled would back forced vaccinations in Germany.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8775510204082\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New German Chancellor Will Push for Mandatory Vaccinations for All <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4m9EqdeaZX\">https:\/\/t.co\/4m9EqdeaZX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1465993865979179009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has called for discussions regarding the implementation of forced vaccination throughout the entire EU, in a move that has been described as the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}