"You lose track": Pressure before Merkel's Corona summit grows - confusion over Christmas holidays perfect

Before the Corona summit with Angela Merkel today, there is a joint decision by the federal states to combat the number of infections.

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

  .

• A

  press conference

  with

  Angela Merkel

  , the Bavarian Prime Minister

  Markus Söder

  and the Governing Mayor of Berlin

  Michael Müller is

  expected

  towards late Wednesday afternoon

  .

• This

  news ticker

  is continuously updated.

Update from November 25th, 9:58 a.m.:

Apparently there was confusion about when the federal government

would like to start

the

.

On Tuesday evening there was talk that these were already planned for December 16 (see update, November 25, 10:10 p.m.).

In the

, December 19 was mentioned.

In the

, however, December 19 is also planned and not December 16.

The journalist Michael Bröcker referred to this on Twitter.

Confusion in the Chancellery at @HBraun and in some agency reports.

The Christmas holidays should NOT be brought forward to December 16 (a Wednesday!) But to December 19.

And that was also the first (smiled at) suggestion from Mr. @ArminLaschet #servicetweet pic.twitter.com/L8lq2cDiZ5

- Michael Bröcker (@MichaelBroecker) November 24, 2020

Update from November 25, 9:50 a.m.:

The FDP domestic politician

is in favor of a long-term

.

"We can already see that the first owners of shops give up, that simply the courage and hope are slowly being lost," he said on the RTL program

.

“That's why we finally need a long-term strategy until spring.” He warned against

letting even fewer customers into the shops

before

.

"This is a desolation program for the inner cities," said Kuhle.

“If shops have a functioning

, then it cannot be explained why the number of customers should be reduced further now.

The Prime Ministers and the Federal Chancellor urgently need to rework this. "

"It needs a clear perspective until spring," said

(Greens) in a list of demands from which the newspapers of the

quoted.

“The federal and state governments are not allowed to drive on sight again, a plan for a few weeks is not enough.”

on the current

in Germany

on Wednesday

.

Corona summit with Merkel: press conference in the afternoon live

Update from November 25th, 9.25 am:

"I very much hope that not everyone is driving all over the country," said

, leader of the

, in the ARD

on Wednesday with regard to Christmas.

The festival will have to be celebrated differently than usual.

Update from November 25, 8:11 a.m.:

The Greens parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag,

, has called for long-term and nationwide uniform

.

“What we need is first of all transparency and honesty.

And we need perspective.

And that means that we have

, ”she said on Wednesday morning in the

The rules should apply uniformly nationwide and be

applied on site

depending on the

.

The debates between the countries in the past few weeks have led to

among the people.

“You lose the overview and you lose your nerve,” said Goering-Eckardt.

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder

spoke out in favor of strict

including on

, prior to the deliberations between the state leaders and Angela Merkel

- unlike most countries striving for.

"Because Christmas is the festival of the family, New Year's Eve is of course more the festival of friends," said the CSU boss (also in the

). He would rather be more consistent over the turn of the year than over Christmas.

A press conference is planned for the late afternoon - as usual, you can follow it live here.

Merkel invites you to the summit today: "Please not too complicated" - clear corona rules required

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

The

calling

for clearer

between the

and state

in the

.

"We need good communication so that the

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

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

," said the SPD politician.

The

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

Especially at

, people wanted to know what to expect, said Jung about the advice on the Corona rules.

"You want to

plan and enjoy

the holidays and the

the

as carefree as possible in the

."

But still a dispute at Merkel's Corona summit?

Chancellery wants to tighten corona rules - Söder is also calling for more

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

How turbulent will the next

?

The

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 on the corona rules 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, the aim is to ensure that there are

no more than

area

in

- according to the previous Corona rules, it is one customer per ten square meters.

In order to make travel safer, the

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

in

as early as December

.

In a submission by the federal states, December

.

It is undisputed: The

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

- 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

should also be offered

for

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

.

The next

is coming up.

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

All information on the development of the corona rules can be found 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.

Corona measures were agreed in October, which

a

, but Merkel did not go far enough.

She should be proved right.

The exponential

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

And so the

should be

tightened again on Wednesday.

The federal states - as it was agreed - did their homework and worked out a common position of the states on the Corona rules.

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

The draft decision has already leaked through.

It provides for stricter

and an expansion of the

from December.

Merkel summit: partial lockdown should remain - milder corona 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

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”.

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

.

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.

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

Angela Merkel welcomes country resolutions - are there any further tightening of corona rules?

Merkel has meanwhile welcomed the prime ministers' proposals.

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

.

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.

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