[ad_1]
Status: 02/13/2021 8:34 pm
The Slovak government protested against the entry restrictions decided by Germany, the EU is not enthusiastic anyway. German industry warns of a collapse in the supply chain due to corona controls.
Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok has intervened with his German colleague Heiko Maas against travel restrictions for truckers. As announced by the Foreign Ministry in Bratislava on its website, it was about the requirement to present a proof of crown at the border that has no more than 48 hours to enter Germany.
“This measure will cause huge problems and our truckers can hardly be met in practice,” Korcok told his German counterpart, according to his ministry. Therefore, Slovakia has sent a diplomatic note to Berlin.
Several European regions affected
The federal government in Berlin on Friday classified the EU country Slovakia, as well as the Czech Republic and Tyrol as an area with particularly dangerous virus mutations. With some exceptions, travelers from Slovakia can no longer come to Germany. Truck drivers are an exception, but only if they meet the test condition or go into quarantine.
Industry sees supply chains at risk
German industry warned that multi-border controls could cause a collapse in European supply chains. “There are foreseeable bottlenecks for foreign drivers in Germany, considerable delays when crossing the border and extensive alternative traffic,” said the director general of the Federation of German Industries, Joachim Lang. “Some transports will be completely eliminated, for example, because of a lack of personnel.”
Bavaria relaxes the rules
Bavaria announced that it wanted to allow more exceptions for travelers than Berlin had planned for the stricter entry rules from the virus variant areas of the Czech Republic and Tyrol. Under the new text of the Bavarian Entry Quarantine Ordinance, there should be exceptions for cross-border travelers and cross-border travelers if their work is urgently necessary and indispensable to maintain operational processes and this is certified by the employer, the employer or the client.
Prime Minister Markus Söder and the Minister of State for the Interior, Joachim Herrmann, want to report this Sunday on the new border controls. At the border crossing from Schirnding to the Czech Republic, they meet representatives of the Federal Police and the Bavarian Border Police. The EU Commission had asked Germany to allow exceptions for travelers. The Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer, had decidedly rejected it.
