“I didn't have the imagination for that”: Merkel washes Laschet and Co. internally - the CDU country chief stabbed her in the back

At Merkel's Corona summit, the federal and state governments agreed on new resolutions.

The Chancellor is now criticizing their implementation.

• As 

  Angela Merkel * announced

   in a government statement, the 

  partial lockdown

   to contain the 

  corona pandemic will

   continue until at least December 20.

• However, between 

  Christmas

   and 

  New Years

   (December 23 to January 1) the 

  contact

   restrictions are to be relaxed.

  A maximum of ten people from any household may meet.

• In the 

  Bundestag 

  , the other corona

  resolutions that have been made are 

  partially criticized.

• This

  news ticker

  is updated regularly.

Update from November 30, 4.10 p.m.:

The

is becoming increasingly violent - according to reports, there was an open dispute in the CDU on Monday.

The background to this are warnings and responsibility Zoff in financial aid.

Statements even from the Chancellery seem to indicate that a big leap in the Corona rules is necessary in the new year.

Otherwise major economic hardship could threaten.

Corona: Merkel's spokesman appeals to people in Germany

Update from November 30th, 3 p.m.:

The federal government of

is dissatisfied with the decision of several federal states

to allow

visits

during the

- it has now also announced this publicly.

"Citizens are called upon to avoid tourist trips," said

.

Travel for family reasons is difficult to distinguish from this.

Seibert referred to the decision of the Bund-Länder top round last Wednesday - a “private use” of hotels was not included in the decision.

Seibert also said that the federal government is sticking to the target set by Merkel of

limiting

the

in cooperation with neighboring countries

because of the corona pandemic

.

The number of

could rise again "if the ski season started too early," said Seibert.

The Federal Government wants to "work towards it in Europe with the power of conviction" and is in contact with other countries.

CDU country chief stabs Merkel in the back: the dispute about hotels displeases the federal government

Update from November 30, 2:05 p.m.:

has only just

reprimanded the opening of hotels over Christmas in several federal states

in the

- a country

her in the back.

On Monday,

also decided

that hotels and guesthouses may accept guests over the holidays who are visiting their families in the region.

is an elected member of the CDU Presidium.

Saxony currently has the

nationwide

within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants.

Five of the ten most affected districts are in Saxony.

According to information from participants in the virtual round in the morning, the Chancellor also explicitly mentioned

.

are now

necessary there.

The head of government is more likely to like the attitude of the

.

There, the corona measures will be tightened again immediately after Christmas.

The green-black state government

wants to

the

, as a government spokesman confirmed.

NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet is urgently calling for a new corona concept.

Merkel is clear internally: Hard Corona scolding for Laschet and Co. - "I lacked the imagination for that"

Update from November 30, 11.25 a.m.:

criticized

the planned

in

over Christmas

in a virtual meeting of the

on Monday

.

The 66-year-old admitted to the decision of the federal and state governments

to relax

the strict corona

restrictions

over the holidays, but then also expressed criticism.

As the

reports with reference to participants,

said to have said that she lacked the imagination to suspect that particularly affected countries

wanted to open

the

.

Merkel

criticized that it was impossible to check whether the

actually only guests

who visit

their

over the holidays

.

According to this information, the Chancellor referred to such regulations in

like

.

It cannot be explained that the nurses at the Berlin Charité also have to

work through

.

According to

,

and

,

by CDU chairman

announced

on Saturday

that it would allow hotel stays for family visits over the festive period - contrary to a recommendation from the Chancellery.

(CDU) showed - unlike the Chancellor now - understanding for the steps.

Merkel allegedly only excluded Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg from her scolding on Monday morning.

Falling incidence values ​​can be seen in some territorial states.

Chancellor Angela Merkel receives a survey for new resolutions

Update from November 29th, 9.15 a.m.:

The Sunday trend of

shows that the

lost popular approval.

The opinion research institute Kantar creates the trend weekly.

and

are currently 34 percent - two percentage points less than last week.

Update from November 29th, 8.30 a.m.:

The Federal President,

in a guest post in the

.

In it he encouraged the population at the beginning of

.

Germany can be confident, even if

waiver is still required

because of the

.

“The pandemic will not take the future from us,” said Steinmeier, referring to the progress made in medical research.

"Consideration and solidarity of the overwhelming majority of Germans show that our society sticks together, even when times are rough," wrote

in his contribution.

"Let us show the people around us attention and affection, let us give hope and, more often than not, a friendly word, let us pick up the phone or - very old-fashioned - write another letter!".

Volker Bouffier defends corona easing: Dependent on acceptance of the population

Meanwhile, criticism of the rules that have been adopted continues to grow.

“A lot of people want to see each other again around Christmas time.

If we don't go into that, we'll have big problems. ”With these words, the Hessian Prime Minister

(CDU)

defended

the corona easing for

and

.

He told the

media group that the state needed a certain degree of acceptance for its measures.

If

things are relaxed

at

, there are good reasons.

But: "We are counting on people to behave sensibly despite the easing."

However, he could not rule out that the goal - to have

fewer than 50 new infections per 100,000 people in one week

by

- will not be achieved.

responded

negatively to

demands from the

that the

more involved in the follow-up costs of the

.

“The countries pay a lot - all the time.

Hessen alone has provided twelve billion euros.

The call that the countries should do something is objectively completely unfounded.

And I find the style unspeakable, ”he said.

Angela Merkel appeals to the population: Adhere to the rules in the corona lockdown

Update from November 28th, 12:15 pm:

"Let us show people what we are made of by adhering

to the rules that apply to all of

us now - in winter, before

Christmas, at the turn of the year", said Chancellor

on Saturday in her video podcast.

“Because we will see that it will be worth it.

Because together we will be stronger than the virus. "

Germany has so far got

through the

relatively lightly due to the

, said

.

“So we have seen that we not only have to do something against the pandemic - adhere to the rules, reduce contacts, yes, even in Advent, at

and at the

- but that we can do something that is worth doing "Said

in her weekly podcast.

#barrierefrei: We can be proud of what we have achieved in the past 10 months.

It is worthwhile if we continue to stick to the rules.

Together we will be stronger than the virus.

- Chancellor #Merkel in the new #Podcast.

#Corona pic.twitter.com/ntyR98lujR

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) November 28, 2020

A

lot has happened

since the

to spread, said

.

At the beginning of the year one had to deal with a completely unknown virus.

"Today we know so much more about the ways of infection, about the possibilities to protect yourself, about symptoms and treatment options."

would be developed in record time.

“We can assume that one or more vaccines will not be available on Saint Never's Day, but in the foreseeable future.”

This is due to the “great spirit of research” of the people, explained Merkel.

“If this

has anything good at all, then it is this: It shows what we humans are capable of when we take our hearts in hand, when we act with perseverance and creativity - and most importantly: when we cross borders work together. ”But not only scientists are in demand.

“No, we can all do something.

Everyone can do something, "said the Chancellor, referring to

such as wearing a mask, keeping your distance or airing.

The billions in

were unimaginable before the crisis, said Merkel.

"But we're doing it because nobody

can help the pandemic brought him or her into trouble."

Previously, one of her closest employees, Economics Minister Peter Altmaier, had not ruled out a lockdown until spring (see message below).

Ralph Brinkhaus on Corona rules: Union parliamentary group chairman doubts Germany's easing

First report from November 28th, 11 am:

Berlin - “There's a lot of good in there.

But I have doubts that they are enough to

sustainably break

the

. ”The Union

parliamentary group leader

(CDU *) expressed

doubts to the

about the

for

.

Brinkhaus recently received a lot of attention with his open criticism in the Bundestag.

So he went

harshly to court

with Chancellor

.

+

Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) with mask in the Bundestag

© Michael Kappeler / dpa

He feared that the

resolutions made

at the

would have to be tightened again.

In his opinion, it is very ambitious to relax the corona requirements for

and

to promise.

Merkel resolutions: Brinkhaus reports concerns - New Year's Eve is less important than Christmas

It was particularly critical of New Year's Eve: “

is above all a party - that is also important, but not as important as

.

We must not tear down with a boisterous night of partying, which was worked hard for two months, ”said

.

Regarding the schools, he said: "You may have to sharpen it again in December."

One question remains: is all this enough to break the wave?

One thing is clear: a slice of extension and tightening wears us down.

We have to get out of the crisis quickly.

This requires leadership and consistent action, even if that demands something from people.

- Ralph Brinkhaus (@rbrinkhaus) November 26, 2020

Even compared to the

expressed

least his concerns: "I really hope it's enough.

But I fear that it will not be enough. "It

is sad that there is no nationwide strategy

for places with particularly high

, the so-called

, according to Brinkhaus.

"Delegating that to the local health authorities leads to excessive demands."

Merkel's Corona summit: Altmaier expresses prognosis - lockdown possible until spring

"We have three to four long winter months ahead of us," said Federal Economics Minister

(CDU) of the newspaper

.

He

does not rule out

an extension of the

due to the

until spring: "Therefore, unfortunately, you cannot give the all-clear: it may be that the restrictions will remain in place in the first months of 2021."

He also admitted that the

could not prevail

against the

with their line.

"It is no secret that the federal government would have wished for more effective measures," said

.

It is a test for federalism that common solutions can be found in such questions.

Chancellor

gave herself an unfamiliar side at the press conferences on the Corona resolutions.

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