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Merkel insists on solidarity
The chancellor warned that the pandemic is a historic challenge that is putting society in Germany and other countries to the “political, economic, medical, social and psychological” tests. “We can only face it with solidarity and a transparent exchange between us.”
“Lies and misinformation, conspiracies and hatred not only damage the democratic debate, but also the fight against the virus,” Merkel said in her statement, which was repeatedly interrupted by boos. You have to orient yourself to scientific knowledge.
Criticisms of the FDP and AfD
The main point of criticism of the opposition was, on the one hand, that measures such as the closure of restaurants and bars were excessive. “The government’s crisis policy is not without alternatives,” Lindner said. The second allegation was that the federal government and the 16 state governments would have made the decisions without the parliaments. “A Corona dictatorship on revocation is not a solution,” said the leader of the AfD parliamentary group, Gauland. Germany is governed by a “war cabinet”. “We have to weigh, also at the cost of people dying.” He explicitly warned against a second lockdown: “We cannot accept that.” Lindner also said that the procedure threatens to “distort parliamentary democracy.”
This sharply rejected the leader of the Union faction, Ralph Brinkhaus. There were 70 debates in parliament on the crown measures. The Bundestag also always has the opportunity to pass laws. It will be decided in the next four weeks whether Germany can maintain its economic prosperity, Brinkhaus said. Like Merkel, he pointed out that Europe was also in systemic competition with authoritarian states that apparently were more successful in fighting the pandemic with means that are undesirable in democracies.
