Which corona rules we should refrain from

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1.

They just don't come home, right?

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Somewhat on par, soon someone will dash forward

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The

are just one day old, and who else is rushing up to

and announces: Let's implement everything, "one on one".

In addition, Bavaria will probably declare a disaster - and the contact restrictions apply not only in public spaces, but also in the private sector.

You rely on references and

, as in the case of disturbances, said Söder.

We are stricter, more disciplined, more careful than the rest of the country, that was the message.

Controls in apartments?

Calls to keep an eye on your own neighbors?

A self-survey in the home office comes to the result: Even overcautious Corona nerds who hardly left the house before the shutdown and annoyed their friends with admonitions get a queasy feeling.

Doesn't the impression of being tamed at home endanger the acceptance of the other measures?

Even

had brought yesterday at the Prime Minister controllable rules for private rooms this week, instead of mere recommendations.

(A team led by my colleague Maik Großekathöfer researched how the negotiations went overall - you can find the reconstruction here).

Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier choked off the Chancellor's initiative, the inviolability of the apartment was laid down in the Basic Law:

When I read that, a flash of gratitude briefly flashed: We are Volker.

• You can find the reconstruction here: After just 90 minutes there was agreement

• You can find more about today's government declaration by the Chancellor here: Merkel's bitter medicine

• And more about fears in old people's homes here: Where loneliness is more feared than Corona

2.

Merz's own foul

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Merz (verrant), Laschet (blurred)

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Probably nobody remained hidden:

does not agree that the CDU party congress is postponed because of the pandemic.

Merz took care of that himself, with interviews and appearances, with sentences about the party establishment and an alleged intrigue emanating from Armin Laschet and his supporters.

Merz had

even threatened

the

in an internal top round, as my colleagues Florian Gathmann, Christoph Hickmann and Veit Medick found out (you can read their reconstruction of the meeting here).

His rumble was quickly revealed as an own goal with subsequent self-foul - he tripped himself.

"It depends on the losers.

That is one of the principles of democracy that constantly produces losers because it is based on votes and elections," comments my colleague Dirk Kurbjuweit.

"If politicians do not accept their defeat, they put the system under stress."

This is exactly what has now happened in the CDU, Merz cannot accept that the party will elect its chairman later than planned.

"Merz did not pass the character test," said Dirk.

• Here you can read the entire leading article: The rabid power struggle in the CDU shows how threatening the political culture is changing

3.

Trump's legacy

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Perhaps in the midst of the turmoil in the

it is worthwhile to widen your

eyes for big questions: Is Donald Trump just an industrial accident in American history, a "aberration", as his Democratic challenger

says?

A team of several colleagues has been researching the reasons why a man like Trump could become president at all - and whether the division in American society through which Trump came into office can be reversed or at least reduced.

My colleague Alexandra Rojkov spoke to a

who wants to fight gun in hand if the Democrats win.

René Pfister succeeded the

son

, who is getting ready to take on his father's populist legacy.

René also researched in the Republican Party, which has completely submitted to the will of the President.

even if the president should be voted on Tuesday," says René.

"Trump is only the symptom of a crisis that is gnawing at the very foundations of democracy in the US."

• You can read the SPIEGEL cover story here: Trump's America

What else is important today

• "Pity, anger and anger":

  first the murder of a history teacher, now the attack in a church - hatred and violence shake France.

  The recent attack in Nice is likely to exacerbate the crisis.

• The reference to alleged Dresden bombers remained:

  In the summer of 2019, the BND received the information that a Syrian wanted to commit an attack after being released from prison.

  The Saxon authorities only achieved this now - after the fatal knife attack in Dresden.

• Sawsan Chebli obtains an injunction against "Tichy's insight":

  A sexist article in a publication by journalist Roland Tichy about the Berlin SPD politician Sawsan Chebli caused outrage.

  Chebli took legal action against it, now she was successful in court.

• Labor suspends former party leader Corbyn:

  Jeremy Corbyn has long been criticized for anti-Semitism allegations.

  Now his party has suspended the former Labor leader.

  The expulsion was preceded by an investigation report.

On our own behalf: a little filanthropy

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Yesterday the Berlin illustrator and comedian Fil was a guest in the book show "Spitzentitel" by my colleague Volker Wiedermann.

Fil drew a picture of the shutdown, which we raffled off, along with three-month free access to SPIEGEL +.

Thank you for the many hundreds of emails you have sent (and the many, many puns like "Fil helps Fil", "Filosophy", "I win so easily").

I won't be able to answer all of them, I have to, hey, filter.

, congratulations!

What we recommend today at SPIEGEL +

• The state should pay:

  Investors accuse the financial regulator of being jointly responsible for the bankruptcy of Wirecard - and take them to court.

  Do the claims for damages have any chance of success?

• Germany's children are so sluggish:

  Too little exercise, moderate motor skills, no desire to perform: the "Fourth German Children's and Youth Sports Report" provides alarming findings.

• Can the Mont-Saint-Michel still be saved?

  Heat and drought, storm surges, hail and rising sea levels threaten the great monuments of mankind.

  If we give up on them, we give up on ourselves.

Which is not so important today

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Bring his fiancée Bloom

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• Morning serenade

  : Pop star

  Katy Perry

  , 36, and her fiancé, actor

  Orlando Bloom

  , 43, are doing what many celebrities in the US are doing right now and calling for votes.

  Their means of choice: an Instagram video in which they also sing a song, coffee cups in hand, obviously shortly after getting up.

  One line reads: "Get out of bed and go to the ballot box!"

Typo of the day

, corrected in the meantime: "The former FDP interior minister Gerhardt Baum had also called for greater involvement of the state parliaments, as stipulated as a possibility in the Basic Law."

Cartoon of the day:

SchMerz slacken

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And tonight?

As a corona overcautious person, I don't know whether to recommend it, but of course you could

go

to the

again before the halls close again next week.

Today the German Oscar candidate

.

Mala Emde plays the student Luisa in the film, who, in addition to studying law, is becoming increasingly involved in left-wing and anti-fascist circles.

She wants to defend herself against right-wing populists and Nazis.

Violence breaks out on their first major political action.

A highly political film that had its international premiere at the important Venice Film Festival.

(Here you can find my colleague Hannah Pilarczyk's film review.)

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Have a nice evening.

Sincerely,

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