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Angela Merkel's Corona summit: Markus Söder makes a clear statement about Christmas and New Year's Eve

2020-11-26T04:03:01.252Z


At the Corona summit today, Angela Merkel is talking to the countries about the partial lockdown and the rules. Christmas and New Year's Eve are also topics. The news ticker.


At the Corona summit today, Angela Merkel is talking to the countries about the partial lockdown and the rules.

Christmas and New Year's Eve are also topics.

The news ticker.

  • At

    the summit

    , the Prime Minister: inside the

    country

    with

    Angela Merkel

    is about the corona rules *.

  • The focus

    today is

    the

    partial lockdown

    .

  • But

    Christmas

    and

    New Year's Eve

    are also an issue - especially because of the

    holidays

    .

Berlin - What will the corona rules in

Germany

look like in the next few weeks?

Chancellor

Angela Merkel (CDU) will

discuss this with the Prime Ministers of the

federal states

today

, on November 25th, 2020

.

The

summit

should also be about whether and how long the

partial lockdown

could be extended.

For some politicians like

Markus Söder (CSU)

, the proposals do not go far enough.

The Bavarian Prime Minister is thinking primarily of

corona hotspot regions

in

Germany

.

The wave of infections has "broken up", but is not sinking, on the contrary, according to

Markus Söder

.

"If we loosened up now, in a week or two we would be in exactly the same situation as before the lockdown," said the politician.

"That's why we have to extend the lockdown and tighten it in hotspots."

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Before Merkel's Corona summit: Söder considers easing for Christmas to be possible

At the “ARD morning magazine”,

Markus Söder

spoke

about the fact that he

thought it would be possible to

relax

at Christmas

.

At New Year's Eve as the “Festival of Friends” *, the Bavarian Prime Minister is “a little cautious”.

He therefore wanted the

corona

-

the summit

with

Angela Merkel

and the other Prime Minister: inside the

country

looking for the call.

Kathrin Göring-Eckardt, leader of the Greens in the Bundestag, is concerned about

Christmas time

.

"I very much hope that not everyone drives all over the country," she said.

You have to celebrate Christmas differently than usual.

She has a clear opinion

regarding exemptions in individual

federal states

.

“You lose track of things.

You lose your nerve, ”said the Green politician.

“The hiccups we had in the last few days are getting people down.

And it doesn't lead to security either.

It also doesn't lead to people saying: I have to stick to it. "

+

At Angela Merkel's Corona summit it will be decided whether the partial lockdown will be extended and which rules apply.

© Michael Sohn / dpa

Corona summit today: Partial lockdown will probably be extended - Corona rules will remain strict

So far it does not look like there will be any

easing

regardless of

Christmas

.

The trade should remain open to this.

However, cultural establishments, restaurants and bars will in all probability remain closed.

According to the current status, the partial lockdown should also be extended *.

However, the corona

rules

remain strict.

(Moritz Serif / dpa)

* fr.de and merkur.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

List of rubric lists: © Michael Sohn / dpa

Source: merkur

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