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NNorth Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) is pushing for further reduction of state requirements to contain the crown virus. In the “Rheinische Post”, he advocated relaxing the quarantine obligation for returnees from European countries. He justified the end of the bull run in France, where people have had much more freedom since Monday. At the same time, he reiterated his call for the German borders to be opened quickly.
Anyone entering Germany from abroad must be quarantined for two weeks. However, this obligation does not apply to people who enter with a special permit, such as those who travel daily. France relaxed its strict exit restrictions on Monday. Freedom of movement remains limited. If you want to travel more than 100 kilometers from where you live, you need a good reason.
Laschet was one of the first leading politicians in Germany to aggressively demand an end to the harsh restrictions. In order to ease the situation in France, he is now pressing, like Saarland’s Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) and his colleague Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer (SPD), to open borders to neighboring states quickly. It has hurt for weeks that the Europa Bridge between Kehl and Strasbourg is closed, Laschet told the Rheinische Post. “It is also painful that you, of all people, cannot go to Schengen through the Moselle and the flags fly at half-staff.”
Röttgen criticizes “oversight too big”
CDU politician Norbert Röttgen, as Laschet’s candidate for the CDU presidency, recommended a different view from neighboring countries: “There are still high rates of infection there. If the Federal Government and the EU Commission continue to leave of traveling because of this, I see no reason why we can afford more freedom of movement, “he said. Röttgen criticized the neglect in Germany. “Premature relaxation encourages people to behave in an unjustified way given the evolution of the pandemic. If this continues to unfold, setbacks need to be feared again, with immense health, economic and psychological consequences, “he told the” Passauer Neue Presse. “
On Monday, the CDU Presidium also spoke in favor of opening borders to neighboring countries quickly, while maintaining security standards. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) recently said the federal government had agreed to continue the controls until May 15. The next steps will be decided in the course of the week.
Court: quarantine only if disease is suspected
On Monday night, the Lower Administrative Court of Lower Saxony suspended the general quarantine requirement for travelers entering from abroad. Therefore, the judges granted the urgent request of the owner of a holiday home in Sweden. They argued that the Infection Protection Law only allows regulation by ordinance if certain conditions are met. The law only establishes quarantine for certain people, such as the sick or suspected of being sick. In view of the global number of cases, even if a large number of unreported cases are taken into account, a foreigner arriving from abroad cannot be considered a suspect of illness or contagion.
