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northAt first it was like always. Angela Merkel justified in a government statement what she had negotiated with the Prime Minister the day before. This format took hold in the Corona crisis, although it is actually strange. In normal parliamentary operations, the chancellor explains in a government statement what she plans to do politically. When important international decisions are pending, for example at G-7 summits, G-20 summits or EU councils, Merkel even has to explain her strategy to parliament beforehand. Of course: before. So that the deputies can still influence.
However, in Crown rounds with prime ministers, Merkel always comes to the Bundestag afterwards, which means that the parliamentary debate turns into a high-level press conference in which the opposition can also say something. There is nothing left to decide.
Thus began Thursday morning in the Bundestag.
