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Europe’s largest economy is drastically shutting down public life. In Austria, people are watching Berlin closely and are already working on measures to be taken soon. France has already done the same and announced a closure as of Friday.
Weeks full of deprivation await Germany. Austria’s largest neighbor is forcing itself into a second lockdown from November 2 until the end of the month. Bars and restaurants will have to close. Cultural life will come to a standstill. Unlike the spring, this time schools, kindergartens, commerce and religious services are saved. The number of new corona infections recorded in Germany has reached a new high of 16,774 cases in one day. This comes from information from the Robert Koch Institute on Thursday. The previous record the day before was 14,964 cases.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) called the resolutions of the federal and state governments on Wednesday “harsh” and “onerous.” He spoke of a “difficult day”. “But we have to act, and now.” The calculation: Germany wants to reduce the number of infections before Christmas so that contact tracing is possible again.
France also announced another lockdown on Wednesday. In an address to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron introduced new restrictions starting Friday, which should apply until December. Italy is still reluctant to use the term blockade, but there are already some measures that are not different from Germany. However, there is growing resistance to the measures.
The second blockade is also in Germany, there is a lot of certainty, it is more controversial than the first. Also in the Bundestag with the Angela Merkel government’s statement on Thursday, the acoustic headwind was strong, especially from the AfD.
