Corona lockdown in Bavaria: Söder government consults, does he change anything to the rules? Novelty in the state parliament

Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Markus Söder announced a corona lockdown for November.

Today the Bavarian cabinet is meeting on the implementation in the Free State.

• Chancellor Angela Merkel announced drastic Corona * restrictions for all of Germany on Wednesday (October 28).

• On Thursday (October 29), the Bavarian cabinet will discuss implementation in the free state.

  Markus Söder then provides information at a press conference.

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• Here you can find the current case numbers * in Bavaria as a map.

Munich - On Wednesday evening (October 28), the

agreed on a one-month limited lockdown.

This applies from Monday (November 2nd) for the rest of the month.

The Bavarian cabinet is now advising on implementation in the Free State.

To do this, the state's Corona regulation must be adjusted again.

There will be a press conference at 1.30 p.m.

Prime Minister Markus Söder * together with

inform

about the results of the meeting.

In the course of the pandemic so far, Bavaria has often had stricter rules than in other parts of Germany.

It is not yet clear whether Söder will pull out this time as well.

However, at yesterday's press conference with Merkel, he emphasized that all prime ministers

would support

the

* and declared: "We are a solidarity society and not an

Coronavirus in Bavaria: Angela Merkel and country leaders decide on limited lockdown

In view of the sharp rise in the number of Corona * infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel * and the country leaders agreed on the drastic anti-Corona measures.

The

federal and state governments want to break the second wave *

with strict

and a shutdown of almost all community leisure activities.

This means that

will have to close for the rest of November from next Monday.

should remain open - unlike in spring.

There is already resistance in Munich.

Corona summit with Chancellor Merkel - "Burdensome measures" for all of Germany

Corona lockdown in Germany: Söder-Kabinett advises on the implementation of the measures in Bavaria

In the Bavarian state parliament there should be a vote on the

of the federal and state governments

for the first time this Friday

- a novelty.

For legal reasons, however, this is not binding.

Reason: Although the Federal Infection Protection Act gives the state governments the option of their own corona ordinances, it does not provide for legislative powers for the individual state parliaments.

Nevertheless, such a vote should give the

a bit more weight - and conversely, help the state government gain additional political legitimation.

We want large parliamentary participation in Bavaria for the necessary corona measures.

Tomorrow the Council of Ministers will meet via video link.

Then we will discuss the resolutions in @Landtag_Bayern on Friday.

Corona is a joint task.

- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) October 28, 2020

In a special session of the state parliament, Prime Minister Markus Söder then also wants to make his second government declaration * on the Corona * crisis within two weeks.

Then an urgency motion from the CSU * and free voters should be voted on, in which the key points of the new anti-corona measures are listed.

Every week, Prime Minister Markus Söder invites you to a press conference marathon.

New things rarely come out.

Merkur.de * -Editor Veronika Mahnkopf comments. *

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