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The administrative court of Baden-Württemberg has granted an urgent request against the ban on accommodation in the state. So far, this has applied to guests from German regions in whom 50 new cases of corona were recorded for every 100,000 inhabitants in seven days. The applicant comes from North Rhine-Westphalia and had booked a holiday in the Ravensburg district. The court decision has been submitted to SPIEGEL.
Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) had previously announced that the controversial accommodation ban would be relaxed. He said Thursday in the Stuttgart state parliament that they would basically stick with him, with one exception. It must be kept for business trips. The exemption should apply until November 8.
In their meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in Berlin on Wednesday, the group of heads of government was unable to agree on a uniform course on the issue of the accommodation ban. It should be discussed again after the fall break. However, the federal and state governments agreed, among other things, to expand the requirement for masks, limit the number of guests at private celebrations, contact restrictions in public spaces and a curfew for restaurants.
Most federal states decided on Wednesday last week that citizens of places with a very high number of corona infections can only be housed when traveling within Germany if they can present a negative corona test that is no more than 48 hours. There was massive criticism of this.
The plaintiffs had criticized the accommodation ban as being disproportionate and arbitrary. However, the state government referred, among other things, to the increasing number of infections. However, the Mannheim court basically followed the plaintiffs’ arguments.
The country also failed to prove that hotels and pensions are the “drivers” of the infection, so drastic measures are necessary. It is also unreasonable for applicants to submit negative corona tests until 48 hours prior to arrival. There was no guarantee that travelers would be able to get a corona test in such a short time.
