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Berlin faces a lonely November. In a special session on Thursday afternoon, the Berlin Senate agreed to adopt the Crown summit resolutions of Angela Merkel and the country’s leaders on Wednesday. Government Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) said after the meeting that the existing room for maneuver would be used. But he made it clear: “Reducing contacts is now the beginning and the end.”
Specifically, this means: Restaurants, bars and pubs stay from next monday closed, but they are allowed to sell away from home. The general curfew will be lifted. “In theory, you can order a pizza at one in the evening,” Müller said. Pure out-of-home sales apply anyway, the ban on the sale of alcohol between 11pm and 6am remains in effect.
Theaters, operas, concert halls and museums will also be closed. Libraries, archives, music and adult education centers will remain open. Schools and kindergartens also remain open. Of the Closure of the vast majority of leisure facilities Zoos and animal parks remain excluded, and retail stores may also continue to open.
In public Events have an upper limit of 100 (exterior) or 50 people (interior). Demonstrations can also take place with more participants under certain conditions. The Christmas and annual markets cannot open..
The regulation is initially valid until November 30. “With the exception of kindergartens and schools, public life will be completely closed in the coming weeks. There is nothing to say, ”said Economic Affairs Senator Ramona Pop (Greens).
The Senate relented on the Sport’s zone on the decisions of the Prime Minister’s Conference. Children up to 12 years old should be able to train “in fixed groups” of up to ten people and outdoors. Group sports are prohibited for everyone else: only training with a maximum of one person and at a distance is allowed.
Lederer: Lockdown must not be repeated again
Meeting participants praised the unity and “sense of community” within the Senate. Müller emphasized that everyone was aware of the seriousness of the situation. “We can only master this situation if we move forward together,” said the mayor of the government.
Economic Senator Pop spoke of “painful decisions.” Culture Senator Klaus Lederer (left) said: “I want to be very clear here: there are points where I have big problems with the resolutions at the federal level and their rigor, especially in the field of culture.”
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Lederer explained that the next four weeks would have to be used to make preparations for the next time. After the lockdown in spring, now drastic measures have been taken again, and this should not be repeated again. Lederer called for social difficulties to be mitigated and, for example, for housing for the homeless to be significantly expanded.
CDU emphasizes the application of the crown rules
In the run-up to the meeting, the opposition had already asked them to accept the resolutions on Wednesday. Kai Wegner, regional head of the CDU and top candidate for the post of ruling mayor, demanded: “The rules must also be consistently communicated, applied and sanctioned in Berlin.”
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The procedure must be coordinated jointly between the federal and state governments. “Extraordinary roads, rejected offers of aid and disputes within the Senate, that’s what got stuck in Berlin since last year.” But the economic consequences must not be forgotten. “Aid to affected industries” is essential.
FDP criticizes Senate for higher number of infections
The leader of the FDP parliamentary group, Sebastian Czaja, blamed the Berlin government for the increase in the number of infections and the current situation: “The Berlin Senate failed in all areas in managing an absolutely predictable situation: for weeks, experts have been warning of a second wave. ” Instead of a clear strategy. work, Red-Red-Green acted “completely headless and without plan.”
“The catastrophic failure and subsequent self-abandonment in contact tracing is incomprehensible and makes the situation worse,” Czaja said. This not only endangers everyone’s health, but also the acceptance of the measures and “social peace in a democratic constitutional state.”
200 consultations: lawyer examines demand for confinement
This constitutional status could now face work. “In the last 48 hours we were inundated with calls and emails,” lawyer Niko Härting said Thursday. Most recently, he successfully represented restaurateurs in curfew lawsuits. There are already about 200 requests for legal assistance against closures, including owners of bowling alleys, tattoo studios and fitness.
“We are now preparing the applications, but we are still waiting to see what exactly is in the Senate ordinance.” Härting criticized the Prime Minister’s decisions with that of the Chancellor as “fortuitous”. Legally, you have constitutional doubts.
