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Dispute over the borders!
A minor diplomatic crisis threatens between Austria and Germany due to the reintroduction of the Corona border controls!
GERMANY MAKES UP! Since Sunday, people from the Tyrol virus mutation areas and the Czech Republic can no longer enter the Federal Republic; Only Germans and foreigners with a residence and residence permit can cross the borders, even by plane or train.
And now there is thick air: on Monday morning, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (34, ÖVP) and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babiš (66) should appear in front of the press after talks about the crown pandemic. BUT: The Czech could not fly to Vienna due to fog. Say: rejection!
Border controls against virus mutation
The goal of border controls is to stop the introduction of more contagious variants of the coronavirus. In both the Czech Republic and Tyrol these variants are more common than in Germany.
According to the Federal Police Headquarters, around 2,200 people had been turned away at the German-Czech and German-Austrian borders on Sunday afternoon.
The exceptions also apply to geriatric doctors, nurses and nurses, as well as truck drivers and seasonal agricultural workers. Travelers with important tasks in systemically important industries are now also allowed to enter.
German Ambassador invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!
Austria has harshly criticized the new German entry restrictions.
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (51, ÖVP) warned Sunday of “excessive steps that do more harm than good.” The Conservative minister told his colleague Heiko Maas (54, SPD) in Berlin.
In addition, German Ambassador Ralf Beste was asked to speak to the Vienna Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A spokeswoman for the ministry said she had been informed of the disproportionate nature of the German steps from an Austrian perspective. The factual discussion took place in a good atmosphere at a high official level, he said.
Schallenberg had campaigned in favor of the sense of proportion: “The measures have very serious effects throughout Austria” and are in “clear contradiction” with the conclusions “of last spring”.
Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (48, ÖVP) complained that travel restrictions for Tyrol were hampering traffic within Austria between Tyrol and eastern Austria because the route through the so-called Deutsche Eck in Bavaria was closed de facto. This is unacceptable. “” This measure by Bavaria is half-done and only causes chaos, “said the conservative politician.
