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Corona measures in gastronomy and culture: "That overshoots the target"

2020-10-29T04:24:05.403Z


In the group of Chancellor and Prime Minister there is an unusual consensus on the “bitter pill” of the measures. The gastronomy and culture industries are snubbed.


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Closed restaurant in Rhineland-Palatinate

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The shutdown in Germany was seven months ago, now public life in Germany is to be shut down again.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister agreed on Wednesday on the most drastic steps since the shutdown in the spring.

According to the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, the imposition of the second shutdown is much more difficult than the first.

"To have to go very hard again after the easing, that's a lot harder," said the Green politician on the ZDF talk show "Markus Lanz".

For example, hotels, restaurants, cinemas and theaters should close for the entire month of November from next Monday.

Unlike in spring, schools, daycare centers and shops should remain open.

"We know that this put the families under enormous stress," said Kretschmann.

Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz declares on Twitter that November will be "a month of truth".

The increasing number of infections made it necessary to take tough countermeasures in order to break the second corona wave.

According to Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder, a situation has now arisen in which contact tracking in the event of infections is no longer guaranteed.

He spoke of a "bitter pill", but now a "great approach" is required.

"It's a matter of life and death for the industry"

Apparently the Prime Ministers and the Chancellor - unlike in the past - were quite in agreement on the measures.

However, the decisions of the committee do not meet with acceptance everywhere:

The German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) calls the resolutions "bitter" and demands a quick and unbureaucratic disbursement of the promised billions in aid.

The ban on all tourist overnight stays is tantamount to a de facto closure, said chief executive Ingrid Hartges to the newspapers of the "Funke Mediengruppe".

"Many companies have their backs to the wall, despair is growing," said Hartges.

A lot of companies would consider taking legal action against it.

With the second shutdown, a third of the 245,000 businesses will not survive the winter.

The Landkreistag finds the agreement too tough: "That goes too far," said the President of the German Landkreistag, Reinhard Sager.

Closing restaurants, cafes and hotels is "neither suitable nor necessary", as curfew from 11 p.m. and a night-time ban on alcohol sales can be used.

State Minister for Culture Monika Grütters calls for an aid package for the culture and event industry.

"It's a matter of life and death for the industry. The artists and creative people have behaved extremely fairly throughout the crisis, even though it is their lifeblood," she told "Bild".

She expects that the industry will now get the same help as it was promised to the catering trade.

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Source: spiegel

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