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The chancellor apparently had only one goal at the Corona summit on Wednesday: to postpone any opening as long as possible!
Therefore, from the field of prime ministers there was a violent opposition from some sectors, especially the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer (60, SPD): “The Chancellery does not seem interested in talking about easing measures” Dreyer commented. in frustration.
Angela Merkel (66, CDU) still prevailed at the end with her tough course.
Closing extension until March 7, stores only open from a 7-day incidence of less than 35. At the moment, the number per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days is an average of 68 new confirmed infections throughout the country .
At the end of the five-hour summit, Merkel warned that the mutation would take advantage, the specific behavior could not yet be foreseen. “That’s why we have to go down, down, down with the number of cases.”
And so the final press conference after the Corona summit seemed like a trip back in time. – when there was a pandemic but there were no corona vaccines.
While Israel is getting straight into vaccination, the United States will open restaurants on February 14 and Britain will vaccinate half a million people a day, we have old methods, old logic and old language, commented BILD chief Julian Reichelt.
Because Angela Merkel, EU Commission Head Ursula von der Leyen (62) and Health Minister Jens Spahn (40, all CDU) have obtained very few vaccinations, the Chancellery believes that Germany remains only one thing:
LOCK, LOCK, LOCK!
The BILD minutes of the dramatic summit day
▶ ︎ 7.07 am: Merkel gets out of her Audi sedan at the Chancellery. The day of decision is ahead of her. Cabinet at 10 a.m., Bund-Länder Summit at 2 p.m.
Photo: Fabian Matzerath
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▶ ︎ 7.40 am: The Chancellery sends a new draft resolution to the federal states. The newspaper (7 pages) has it all: Suddenly, the blockade should not only extend until the end of February, but even until March 14!
Another hammer: Merkel only wants to think of a far-reaching relaxation when Germany averages fewer than 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days (incidence). So far the clear goal has been to get an incidence of 50! Apparently, Merkel wants to buy time in the fight against mutants – 35 is still a long way off …
BUT at a central point, the Chancellery has doubled down: there is no mention of school closings in the newspaper. Countries can open however they want!
▶ ︎ 11.30 am: Noise in the country report. Hamburg and Bavaria, among others, oppose any easing plan.
Most prime ministers see it differently. A state chief warns: “We make fun of ourselves if we don’t deliver anything.”
Photo: Fabian Matzerath
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Photo: Fabian Matzerath