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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz it is more for tougher measures and for making political decisions (after consulting experts).
Health Minister Rudolf anschober he prefers appeals to reason as long as possible and relies more than Kurz on expert advice.
However, the sudden spike in the number of infections – the 3,000 mark was clearly surpassed at the beginning of the week – acted as a catalyst in the coalition, and now both sides are again of the same opinion: something must be done.
The closure throughout Europe, especially in Germany, where the daily number of infections is even significantly lower than in Austria, is not without an effect on the highest government of this country.
Kurz was with the chancellor on Wednesday Angela Merkel in SMS traffic, at night the two spoke on the phone. Unlike spring, this time in Europe a patchwork carpet should be avoided as much as possible.
Merkel even sent Kurz an SMS of the meeting with the German prime minister; this is seen in Vienna as a sign that the Chancellor attaches great importance to a consistent approach.
Border closure risk
Coordinated measures are especially useful between neighboring countries with high passenger traffic. If Germany now slows down the number of infected people using Lockdown Light, but Austria does not do the same, there is a risk that the Germans will close the Austrian border to avoid importing the virus again. Populism is no stranger to the CSU, either: Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder He loudly blamed the Austrians for the fact that the number of infected people is particularly high in Bavaria.
Testing instead of quarantine
But even formally open borders may not actually be open, that is, if you have to be quarantined for 14 days after crossing the border. Therefore, for example, crown tests need to be mutually recognizable so that you can test yourself.
All of these reasons play a role in why Kurz wants to proceed with the Lockdown light in unison with Europe, and will be based on the German measures. One or another measure could be even more severe than with our neighbors.
Learned from mistakes
Turquoise-Green wants to prevent the mistakes of the previous week with the following means:
This time everyone is involved
The social partners he will be invited for an interview on Friday. Subsequently, there will probably be a joint call to work from home as much as possible. Home office instead of office.
Will be saturday the governors informed in a video conference, then the Opposition leaders.
the Regulation text should be ready on Saturday – coordinated between green and turquoise and the Constitutional Serviceto avoid legal errors.
