Dispute in the CDU: Bouffier tears up Spahn's vacation announcements - "People should go where they want ..."

In Europe, the number of corona cases is rising again in many places at the beginning of autumn.

Jens Spahn therefore advises against traveling abroad.

Now he is facing headwinds from his own party.

• Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn speaks out against travel abroad.

• Returners are responsible for many corona cases.

• Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier disagrees.

Munich - Many European countries are currently groaning under the burden of the

.

More and more regions are being

declared risk areas

by the

(RKI), and

the number of cases is

also

increasing dramatically

in

.

However, in some federal states, the autumn vacation will be coming up on October 5th after the summer break.

Therefore, Federal Health Minister advised

(CDU) on Friday in the

from

from.

“You can also go on holiday in Germany,” says Spahn.

Returning travelers brought the

to Germany.

The Hessian Prime Minister

(CDU) now clearly contradicts his party colleague.

“People should go

.

It is also not the job of the state to tell citizens where to go on vacation, ”said Bouffier in an interview with

.

Federal Minister of Health @jensspahn (CDU) advises citizens not to travel abroad during the autumn and winter holidays.

#zdfmoma # covid19 pic.twitter.com/jhDLHtdg8q

- ZDF Morgenmagazin (@morgenmagazin) September 25, 2020

Volker Bouffier (CDU): He clearly contradicts Jens Spahn - but with restrictions

However, the

politician

adds

that he himself would not

drive

to

, but only to places with a low risk of infection with the

.

“That makes life easier for those affected, but also for the community.

There are beautiful areas here too, ”explains the Hessian father in an interview.

Overall,

draws

a

for Hessen

when it comes to dealing with the

.

You got through the crisis well and the

was never overloaded.

Nevertheless, he assumes that the pandemic will keep us busy for a long time.

“The

will extend to our grandchildren.

This is the biggest slump that has ever occurred, ”said Bouffier to

.

In everyday life, he estimates that it will be another year before the effects are no longer felt so strongly.

Travel warnings & increasing case numbers: 15 out of 27 EU countries are affected by travel warnings

The

has declared the whole of the

and the Austrian state of

to be corona risk areas due to the rapidly increasing number of infections and is now warning against tourist trips there.

The risk list of the

* and the travel advice of the

were updated accordingly on Friday.

This means that

at least partially corona risk areas, Spain, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg are even completely.

This not only severely restricts vacation options, it is

also likely to threaten the very existence of

the

.

In view of the growing number of Corona risk areas in the EU and ongoing travel warnings for non-European countries, the German tourism industry sees itself in a

.

The situation of the branch is "existence-threatening", said the president of the German travel association, Norbert Fiebig, the newspapers of the Funke media group.

Sales are currently only

, and “there is no improvement in sight”.

(mam / dpa)

In the video: Travel warnings and risk areas - this must now be observed for tourists