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.