Does Merkel's style fail because of the corona crisis? “Instruments of the 19th Century” - Chancellor and State Heads under fire

In the Corona autumn, Germany is threatened with some "disaster".

The opposition also blames the Chancellor and regional leaders.

Even the government sees problems internally.

Does Merkel's style fail with Corona?

• In Germany, the corona numbers are increasing rapidly.

  The federal government and the state governments are therefore also being criticized.

• The opposition complains that the decision-makers overslept the obvious developments.

• Chancellor Angela Merkel is in a remarkable conflict - on the one hand there is the accusation that her cabinet has shown too little initiative.

  On the other hand, the rights of the government go too far for the opposition.

Berlin

- Chancellor

is often said to have a very special style of government: The

shines less with her own grandiose initiatives

than with the moderation of majorities - in the country, in parliament, in the coalition - that's what Merkel says after 15 years.

Given the long era, this style cannot be entirely without merits.

are also

admired

abroad

.

Merkel is seen in many places as the face of achievements.

But now, shortly before the Corona autumn, an unpleasant and indicative accusation is being raised in her own country: Merkel's federal government overslept important decisions in the pandemic.

The state governments must listen to the same thing.

Corona policy in Germany: Merkel's government “surprised” by the obvious?

FDP and left criticize omissions

At the beginning of the week,

critical

.

The

list of

put forward on the

broadcaster

reads like a collection of missed evidences: The federal government was "surprised by those returning from vacation, then from the start of school, then from the cold temperatures," complained Kipping.

"You should have used the time to be better prepared for winter," said the left.

As examples of unused opportunities, she cited the widespread

, the installation of

or Plexiglas panes in

.

But now only tightened measures are being discussed again.

On Thursday, the Robert Koch Institute announced new record infection numbers.

Also

shot recently sharply against the makers of

.

Those responsible have had time since April to work out uniform rules.

"Where is the standardized travel return management, where is the holistic test strategy, where are the push

notifications

, where are people

notified of

test results

?"

Instead one is still returning to the instruments of the 19th century;

to

.

"The decision must move away from the executive and back to the German Bundestag and the state parliaments," demanded Theurer.

Merkel in Corona difficulties?

"Government circles": "Appeals penetrate less clearly"

Many of these

are currently

.

And that's exactly what caused problems recently.

Because Merkel's moderation does not always work when navigating through the crisis: After the

, the Chancellor had to admit defeat.

The measures did not go far enough for her.

Obviously some things could be achieved with the Prime Minister through mediation, but not everything.

The

remained the bone of contention.

Until it dismantled itself - partly with the help of court decisions.

The Chancellor bit on granite.

And thus experienced to some extent the new edition of an unpleasant situation from Corona May.

At the same time another problem is dawning.

Again just where Merkel wants to be tough: One is aware that Merkel penetrates less clearly with her appeals, it is said

, as the broadcaster

reports

, citing the

.

Corona and power: Expert warns of "creeping poison" - FDP makes clear demands on the Chancellery

Probably less because of these difficulties, because for fear of being passed over, the parliaments actually want to regain more power.

More than half a year after the

practically all parties in the Bundestag are calling for a greater say - including the

.

Incidentally, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder himself announced the first new lockdown this week.

There was criticism of that too.

There is no lack of fundamental concerns from civil society about the current situation.

In an interview with the WDR, the historian Paul Nolte spoke of a "creeping poison" that spreads in the form of "regulation policy from above" and in "Minister President meetings".

A renowned political scientist recently criticized “governing by fear”.

The Liberals would rather hear the Chancellor speak openly in parliament than with the Prime Minister.

Her

told the

with a view to rumored statements Merkel at the last meeting with the prime minister: "If there is talk of calamity, the public has a right to know what that means." According to the report, he demanded in one

the

for the next week of the Bundestag session.

Merkel should explain how she assesses the situation, what is hidden behind the

, which measures she considers necessary and which of them failed because of the Prime Minister.

We want to know from Angela #Merkel what is meant by #Unheil, which resolutions were missing at MPK in order to avert it and when Parliament is back in the pilot's chair to weigh up medical security and fundamental rights.

https://t.co/ZlI1TfxN6p

- Marco Buschmann (@MarcoBuschmann) October 22, 2020

Corona crisis: special rights for Merkel's minister - Roth sees “insatiable” hunger for empowerment

Has the

slept at this point too?

The involvement of parliaments could also have started in the quiet

.

Instead, Merkel's government is now rowing in a different direction: To the displeasure of the opposition and the coalition partner,

(CDU)

- who is now suffering from Corona himself - is

to be given new special rights.

After all, Merkel and Spahn are comparatively early on:

the minister's exceptional

will currently run

until

.

But just this advance obviously no longer fits into the current pandemic phase.

The

has already announced that the plan will “not come about”.

And the

particularly clear

: “It cannot be that a minister insatiable wants more authorizations, that he wants a kind of unlimited general authorization,” she said on

.

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