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In the crown pandemic, Germany is heading towards drastic restrictions on public life: according to information from the “Handelsblatt” of the coalition circles, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) wants to convince the prime minister of tough measures during the conference exchange rate scheduled for Wednesday to avoid a loss of control to the rapid to prevent the rise of new corona infections.
WHAT DOES THE CHANCELLAR OFFICE WANT?
The federal government wants to confront the dramatic increase in the number of corona infections stay together in public Allow only members of your own household and one other household in Germany. This is binding, violations of these contact restrictions would be sanctioned by the regulatory authorities, according to a draft of the proposed federal resolution. Groups of people celebrating in public places, apartments and private facilities are unacceptable in view of the dire situation.
Among other things, it should Catering establishments such as bars, clubs, discos, pubs and similar facilities are closed, with the exception of the delivery and collection of food for consumption at home.
The federal government also wants tourist accommodation offers in Germany ban for most of November. Accommodation offers should only be made for the necessary purposes. The regulation must be applied from November 4 until the end of the month.
Entertainment events, It should be banned throughout Germany for most of the month of November. should also Theaters, operas or concert halls closed from November 4 until the end of the month. This regulation also applies to Leisure and amateur sports operations in and at all public and private sports facilities, swimming pools and amusement pools, as well as fitness studios and similar facilities. too Fairs, cinemas and amusement parks should close.
According to information from Handelsblatt, the Foreign Ministry is convinced that a “short and clear” brake should be applied. This is the only way to avoid a prolonged lockdown like the one in the spring, which would have devastating effects on the economy. According to “Focus” -Online, the internal name of the considerations in the Chancellery is “Wellenbrecher-Shutdown”.
Schools and kindergartens must remain open. However, federal states should introduce more protection measures in these areas. retail therefore, it must remain open as a whole, subject to hygiene, access control and queue avoidance requirements.
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In view of the increasing number of infections, Merkel appealed on several occasions to citizens to limit their social contacts and thus stop the spread of the virus.
Merkel, the previous bans and regulations of the federal states do not go far enough.
WHAT DO THE COUNTRIES GOVERNED BY THE SPD WANT?
In a draft of a proposed resolution, which is being discussed in the countries led by the SPD plus Thuringia and which is at the disposal of “Spiegel”, there is talk of a “gradual closure of public and economic life”. This might be necessary if all other measures were not enough to slow the spread of the virus.
The so-called A countries round document, which is still in the drafting stage, states that overall, employment should remain possible to avoid far-reaching consequences beyond the pandemic. For this, it is important to keep schools and nurseries open.
According to the draft, countries should include the following measures in their Covid-19 regulations:
until November 30 “in private households only people from two households they can meet or people from the same household and a maximum of two people outside the home. ”Children up to 12 years old should be excluded from this.
For family occasions like Funerals, weddings, christenings and the like, a maximum of 15 participants should be allowed.
If that’s not enough, the draft outlines a step-by-step approach greater closure of public life in the country. The proposed “series of closures” follows the logic of “reducing additional and unnecessary contacts, as well as initiating and stopping meetings without having to declare a complete closure with its serious economic and social consequences,” the draft says.
It is open if a majority of prime ministers will support Wednesday’s proposals. Some country leaders are reportedly going too far with the measures; others are in favor of even higher standards. As in previous meetings between prime ministers and Merkel on the crown crisis, it will be difficult to find a common line.
WHAT DO THE LEADING COUNTRIES WANT FROM THE CDU?
North Rhine-Westphalia wants to insist on new measures in deliberations. This is based on a thesis paper from the NRW Ministry of Health, which ntv is available. A priority for interrupting the current development of infections should be to “observe and implement existing rules,” the document says.
New measures are inevitable in view of current development, “but they must set aside future core areas differently than in spring.”
To achieve this goal, he suggests Prime Minister Laschet the extensive restriction of private contacts In front. He is committed to the “reintroduction of a stricter dating ban,” he said in Düsseldorf on Tuesday. “We have to drastically reduce our social contacts.”
Most of the new corona infections occurred “in private life,” Laschet justified his claim. Ultimately, several people should only meet if necessary “to maintain public life.”
However, Laschet pointed out that it was not the political decisions that were decisive, but “the behavior of the people.”
A full short term Lockdown for seven days as requested by some politicians, Laschet refused. This approach would cause great harm and no one could say for sure whether the situation would actually improve afterwards. “I think the slowdown in November is more specific.”
The thesis work also suggests a closing of Sports and leisure activities in closed rooms before, a ban on Contact sports, prohibition of events, fairs and congresses and prohibition of “special and annual markets”. Weekly markets serving the food supply must be exempted from the ban.
Of the Prime Minister of Hesse, Volker Bouffier (CDU) the Germans agreed to drastic measures. “The situation is much more dramatic than many believe,” said Bouffier of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”. The presiding ministers would make “tough decisions” in their conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) on Wednesday.
Bouffier warned of overloading hospitals. “With us the beds are over”, Said the Prime Minister of Hesse. “We are already pushing our limits today.” On the conversation with the chancellor, Bouffier said: “We will make decisions for Germany that hurt and are not beautiful.”
Saxony Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) had He explains that the deliberations will not be about whether there will be more restrictions, but about “what will be restricted.” Letting the pandemic unfold is not an option: “You have to intervene in the system now, because otherwise we get numbers that are not manageable, “Kretschmer said.
Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) announced one for your country Upper limit of 10 participants for all areas, also outdoors, in the next three weeks. These contact restrictions would apply regardless of Wednesday’s results, he stressed.
Schools and kindergartens should not be closed if possible
The federal vice president of the CDU Thomas strobl calls for a further worsening of the crown situation Good one week lock in Germany.
“If the numbers continue to develop like this, then we have to look for measures, for example that we close everything once a week, that nothing works from Friday to Sunday during the week,” the Baden-Württemberg resident Minister of the Interior told the news portal “The Pioneer”.
When asked if the closure would also affect schools, daycare centers and stores, Strobl said: “Everything is everything.” That also means Border traffic restrictions.
Strobl argued that this could stop the infection. The advantage of this “very, very difficult” solution would be the time limit. The CDU politician also emphasized that Christmas business and a Christmas time together with the family would be possible again.
Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff the public agrees with more restrictions. However, this should be limited in time, says the CDU politician. He hoped that a sensible solution would be found during the deliberations.
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder pleads for one Transition from local and regional restrictions to combat the pandemic to measures at the national level. Due to the increasing number of hotspots, this threshold is approaching, says Söder after a cabinet meeting in Munich. He expected the prime minister’s conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to decide “not half measures, but an effective concept.”
And THURINGIA?
Thuringia Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) it does not want to support a decision by the states on a possible new blockade. The Prime Minister’s Conference plays an important structuring task in dealing with the pandemic. “However, they should not overload this task,” declared the left-wing politician.
Ramelow advocates strengthening parliaments to deal with pandemics. It rejects a procedure at the Prime Minister’s Conference, “in which draft resolutions presented at very short notice” with particularly intrusive measures such as curfews, contact bans and the imposition of a lockdown must be negotiated and decided. (with dpa (Reuters / AFP)
