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Söder wants to hand over power to Merkel - and angered the FDP: "What did the Corona policy do to Söder ..."

2020-10-19T14:55:07.414Z


The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder warns that speed is important in the fight against the corona virus - and suggests that the federal government instead of the states decide.


The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder warns that speed is important in the fight against the corona virus - and suggests that the federal government instead of the states decide.

Nuremberg

-

Markus Söder

remains very active in the fight against Corona: On Monday, the Bavarian Prime Minister made a new demand for the entire Federal Republic.

But that also brings him sometimes severe criticism.

Meanwhile, the CSU boss also amazed some observers.

He wants to hand over

decision-making power to Berlin

.

But even that is not what the opposition now wants to hear.

Corona: Söder makes new demands for all of Germany - schools also affected

In view of the sharply increasing number of

coronavirus cases

,

Söder

called for

a nationwide uniform

mask requirement

for severely affected regions.

This should apply in schools, in public places or at work.

"We need a general

mask requirement

nationally," said

Söder

on Monday before a switching

conference of

the

CSU board

in

Nuremberg

.

As a limit, he names 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants for public places, professional life and schools, the 50 mark for schools and after-school care centers.

From this limit, the other states, like

Bavaria,

should also

impose

a

curfew

for restaurants.

The

prime ministers of

the

federal states had

agreed with

Chancellor

Angela Merkel

to

expand

the

mask requirement

.

Where and how exactly this should be done, however, was not discussed - it is a matter for the Länder.

Bavaria had specified its plans on Sunday evening and surprised some citizens, as

Merkur.de

* reported.

In the

Münchner Merkur *

, a head of the health department also criticized Söder's approach, especially when it came to

school lessons

.

Corona policy: Söder wants to give Merkel's federal government more power

"I am a staunch

federalist

, but I believe that

federalism is

increasingly reaching its limits," said

Söder

at the same time.

He suggested that instead of the patchwork quilt, more rights of the

federal states should be given

to the federal government so that efforts against the

corona virus are

uniform.

In nominal terms, the countries have largely said that anyway - in the spring, however, the country leaders also deprived Merkel of her indirect influence.

Söder was also involved.

"We cannot

just hand over

the entire effectiveness of the

Corona

measures

to the administrative courts

in the long term

," said

Söder

.

He could also imagine

talking

about national

curfew regulations

.

However, traditional parliamentary debates did not allow the necessary speed.

It is precisely these debates that almost all of the Bundestag parties recently called for.

CSU boss angered the FDP: "What did the Corona policy do with Markus Söder ..."

The unity that is needed during the pandemic is not possible if political forces such as the AfD, but also others, “try every day

to relativize

all the

measures

and almost call on the population not to participate,” said Söder.

Among other things, the

FDP chairman Christian Lindner

recently

declared that the

Corona situation *

should not be "overdramatized".

His party friend Wolfgang Kubicki horrified the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach and CSU Minister Andreas Scheuer with his assessment of the situation in a talk on Friday evening.

Lindner

reacted drastically to the statement on Twitter.

"What has the

Corona *

policy

done

with

Markus Söder

that he moves the FDP closer to the AfD because we want to keep parliaments involved in encroaching on fundamental rights and want to see the effectiveness of measures justified?" He wrote in a posting.

FDP General Secretary Volker Wissing also

shot sharply in the direction of Munich: "It is not federalism that is the problem of Corona policy, but Markus Söder's solo efforts," he tweeted.

“First he demands an accommodation ban, then he doesn't care and finally it has to go.

That jeopardizes credibility and acceptance. "

What has the Corona policy done with @Markus_Soeder that he moves @fdp closer to #AfD because we want to keep parliaments involved in encroaching on fundamental rights and want to see the effectiveness of measures justified?

CL

- Christian Lindner (@c_lindner) October 19, 2020

Corona: Söder receives bitter criticism from the opposition - "drives a new pig through the village every day"

Also from the

Left faction

was

Markus Söder

criticism for his remarks.

"

Markus Söder

drives a new pig through the village every day," said left-wing

parliamentary

group

leader Dietbar Bartsch

on Monday.

The CSU boss abuse

Corona *

as a stage and spreads fear.

"His

politics

always have the candidate for chancellor in mind, which is irresponsible in this situation."

Bartsch

accused

Söder of

"a lousy

corona balance *

" in his state, which is enough of a task for him. The

Bundestag must discuss and decide

on the basic direction of the

corona policy

in the next week of the session. Meanwhile, Söder also made a recommendation on a matter for the sister party CDU. (

tk / fn / dpa

)

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.

Source: merkur

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