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"Please not too complicated": Pressure before Merkel's Corona summit is growing - dispute is looming on several points

2020-11-25T22:56:41.992Z


The joint decision of the federal states to combat the number of infections is before the Corona summit. But there should still be adjustments - in the form of tightening?


The joint decision of the federal states to combat the number of infections is before the Corona summit.

But there should still be adjustments - in the form of tightening?

  • The next

    Corona

    * summit will

    take place in the Chancellery

    on November 25th

    .

  • The

    federal states

    have already worked out a

    joint paper

    .

  • Chancellor

    Angela Merkel

    *

    welcomed the resolutions, but announced

    her own proposals

    .

Update from November 25th, 5.57 a.m.:

The

German Association of Cities is

calling

for clearer

communication

between the

federal

and state

governments

in the

corona crisis

.

"We need good communication so that the

partial lockdown

is accepted further," said the President of the German Association of Cities, Burkhard Jung (SPD), of the "Rheinische Post" (Wednesday edition) before the

top round

of the federal and state governments.

"The rules have to be simple and understandable for people, so please not overly complicated."

Only if the decisions are clear and comprehensible, "we have the chance that the vast majority will continue to participate and

limit

their

contacts

," said the SPD politician.

The

video switching

of the federal and state governments is particularly important this time, “not just because it was so jerky last time”.

During the

Christmas season

in particular,

people wanted to know what to expect, said Jung.

"You want to

plan and enjoy

the holidays and the

turn of

the

year

as carefree as possible in the

pandemic

."

But still a dispute at Merkel's Corona summit?

The Chancellery wants to tighten the rules - Söder also demands more

Update from November 24th, 10:10 p.m.:

How turbulent will the next

Corona summit with Chancellor Angela Merkel be

?

The

federal states

wanted to do better after the dispute over quite arbitrary draft resolutions by the Chancellery in the previous edition.

Coordinations between the state chancelleries and papers have been going on for days.

But on the evening before the meeting, there is still unrest.

Because the Chancellery has once again called for improvements - the states denied reports that these ideas are already consensus among them.

According to the ideas in Merkel's house, one of the goals is to ensure that there are

no more than

one customer per 25 square meters of sales

area

in

shops

- so far it is one customer per ten square meters.

In order to make travel safer, the

number of occupied seats on trains is to be

significantly reduced.

In principle, only all window seats should be bookable for the winter months.

At the same time, however, the capacity of the trains is to be increased. 

In the evening it was also said that the federal government wanted to start the

Christmas holidays

in

schools

as early as December

16

.

In a submission by the federal states, December

19 is mentioned

.

It is undisputed: The

partial lockdown that

has been in force since the beginning of November

with the closure of pubs and restaurants as well as cultural and leisure facilities is to be extended until at least December 20.

However, virologist Christian Drosten identified gaps in the current lockdown concept on Tuesday.

On Wednesday evening, however, it was still open whether there would be

easing not only for Christmas but also for New Year's Eve

- Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder is against it.

The prime ministers call for domestic self-quarantine to be carried out for several days before Christmas.

"This can be supported by the Christmas school holidays that may be preferred from December 19, 2020," says the draft of the federal states on Monday evening.

According to the ideas of the federal government,

a more generous

test option

should also be offered

for

cold symptoms before Christmas in

order to make encounters at Christmas time as safe as possible. 

Corona summit in the Chancellery: Christmas will be serious on Wednesday - is Merkel sharpening it?

First report:

Berlin - On Wednesday there will be

another showdown

in the

Federal Chancellery

.

The next

corona summit

is coming up.

Chancellor Angela Merkel

* wants to discuss and decide on the further timetable in the pandemic with the prime ministers of the federal states.

You can find all information about this here in the live ticker.

Corona summit in the live ticker: What the federal states have already decided

This time the virtual meeting should be much more harmonious than last time.

In October they agreed on measures that

amounted to

a

partial lockdown

, but Merkel's decisions did not go far enough.

She should be proved right.

The exponential

increase in the number of Corona * infections

could be stopped, but the number of newly infected remained high.

And so the

restrictions

should be

tightened again on Wednesday.

The federal states - as it was agreed - did their homework and worked out a common position for the states.

Only Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder left and called for significant tightening.

The draft decision has already leaked through.

It provides for stricter

contact

restrictions

and an expansion of the

mask requirement

from December.

Corona summit: partial lockdown should remain - milder rules at Christmas?

The existing partial lockdown * with closed cultural and leisure facilities as well as catering establishments is to

remain in place

at least

until December 20th,

according to the wishes of the regional leaders

.

Tourist overnight stays should also remain prohibited.

According to the federal state resolution, a mask requirement should apply nationwide “in closed rooms that are accessible to the public or as part of visitors or customers”.

Schools and daycare centers

should generally remain open.

Contact restrictions should therefore be tightened.

"Private get-togethers with friends, relatives and acquaintances are to be limited to one's own household and one other household, but in any case to a maximum of five people," says the paper.

An exception should

apply

between December 23rd and January 1st

.

To make Christmas with the family * possible, a maximum of ten people should be allowed to come together during this period.

After NRW, Bavaria has now also brought the Christmas holidays forward.

Federal states want to ban fireworks on New Year's Eve in busy public places and streets.

Angela Merkel welcomes state resolutions - threatens to tighten them further?

Merkel has meanwhile welcomed the prime ministers' proposals.

The paper is good and the deliberations are largely supported by the federal government, said the Chancellor on Tuesday, according to information from the

dpa

.

Nevertheless, she announced her own suggestions for reducing contact.

In countries with a particularly high infection rate, there could be even stricter measures than the state resolution provides.

There was talk of “specific measures” in some areas.

(mt) Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

List of rubric lists: © Odd Andersen / AFP / POOL / dpa

Source: merkur

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