The Union parliamentary group leader calls for a “real” lockdown - but before the federal-state consultations, a major point of contention with the SPD is evidently emerging.
The federal-state consultations with
Chancellor Merkel
* (CDU *) have
been brought forward to
January 19
.
The reason is the continued high number of
corona cases *
and a threatening
virus mutation
*.
According to a report,
SPD
* Prime Ministers are bothered by two details in advance.
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update January 17, 07:25:
On Tuesday (January 19) of early next will be
prime minister summit
with
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
held in which a premature
extension
and possibly
tightening
the pressure prevailing in Germany hard
lockdown
is to be decided.
Due to the current
corona infection situation
in Germany, it
is already
clear that there will be no
easing of
the applicable measures anytime
soon
.
There are still tens of thousands of
new infections
every day
, the
seven-day incidence
in Germany is far from the federal government's target of 50.
The question arises again and again whether people who have already been vaccinated
should be given
special rights
, as they no longer pose a risk to the population.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and large parts of her government, such as
Health Minister Jens Spahn,
had so far vehemently rejected this request.
Corona summit: Maas demands special rights for vaccinated people
Now, however,
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD
)
rushes
forward and demands exactly that. In an interview with Bild am Sonntag, Maas said: “People who have been vaccinated should be able
to exercise
their
basic rights
again
”.
According to Maas, it is misleading to speak of privileges, because a visit to a restaurant is not a
privilege
but a fundamental right.
The current
corona measures
have severely restricted people's basic rights.
It is therefore logical to give them back to people who no
longer
pose a
threat
to others.
Regarding the concerns of
Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU),
who had warned against a split in society in the event of
easing
for vaccinated people, Maas said: “Yes, this will also lead to
inequalities
in a transition period
, but as long as there is an objective reason for it , that is
constitutionally
justifiable. "
Maas calls for special rights for vaccinated people: "Constitutionally justifiable"
“It has not yet been finally clarified to what extent people who have been
vaccinated
can infect others.
But what is clear: a vaccinated person will no longer take a
ventilator
away from someone.
This means that at least one central reason for restricting fundamental rights is no longer applicable, ”said Maas.
It
is currently unclear
whether the federal government will
debate
freedoms
for vaccinated people
again at another point in time
.
As of Saturday (January 16), over a million people in Germany
had been vaccinated
against the
corona
virus.
Update from January 16, 8:10 p.m.:
The new
CDU chief
and North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister
Armin Laschet
said in a conversation with
Bild
on Saturday evening
: "If the numbers go down, I'll be the first to say we have to lift restrictions again . "
However, he announced a
tightening of the lockdown
in view of the
Corona summit
next week
.
“I believe that we will have to take measures again in the next week to prevent an explosive increase from occurring,” said
Laschet
.
He had already referred to the angry, probably more contagious
virus mutation
in Great Britain
about which too little was known so far
in the ZDF program “Was now?”
.
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The new CDU boss Armin Laschet announces a tightening of the lockdown for the Corona summit.
© picture alliance / dpa |
Michael Kappeler
Corona summit: Günther doesn't just want to talk about tightening the lockdown
Update from January 16, 6:37 p.m.:
From the point of view of
Schleswig-Holstein's
Prime Minister
Daniel Günther (CDU)
, the
Corona summit
should not only be about which tightening may be necessary.
The CDU politician said on Saturday in an interview with the TV broadcaster
Phoenix
.
"We also have to describe what that means in the months of February, March, April, when certain
incidence
values are
fallen
below, which areas can we then reopen permanently."
Günther
explained that of course you also have to deal with the new
virus variant
and whether the
measures were
sufficient.
However, it was found that even more stringent restrictions had an effect.
"The number of infections is falling in many countries." The
7-day incidence
in Schleswig-Holstein is now 85. This is still far from the target value of 50, but there is still a little time until the end of the month, so Günther.
Lockdown tightening in Germany?
Merkel drove into the parade
First report from January 16:
Berlin - Before the next
Corona summit
with Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
there is apparently resentment among some country leaders.
“The mutation worries us all very much.
We need
a consultation with the scientists
on Monday
.
On this basis, we have to make further decisions on Tuesday, "said Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister
Manuela Schwesig (SPD) of
the
picture
- and according to the article means those experts who advise Merkel.
Bild
wants to know: "Some SPD federal states are demanding more figures and data on the current Corona situation in order to make such a far-reaching decision."
Lockdown tightening in Germany?
"Better to be right now" (Brinkhaus)
The line of argument: The
RKI *
figures are currently less meaningful because of the holidays - and there is no information about the spread and danger of the corona mutations from Great Britain and South Africa *.
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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) wants to consult scientists before the Corona summit.
© Jens Büttner / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa
Sounds like it could crunch in the round next Tuesday.
For, for example, Union
parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) has
now pleaded for a comprehensive expansion of the corona restrictions.
"Better to be right now - instead of an endless loop into the summer,"
the
Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (NOZ)
quotes him
in its Saturday edition.
"In particular, the high infection rate of the new mutation worries us very much."
Before the Merkel-Corona summit: Brinkhaus brings public transport shutdown into play
And in the
WDR show
“Current Hour”, Brinkhaus replied on Friday to the question of whether a
night-time exit
restriction should
be discussed
during the deliberations
: “Yes, everything has to be put on the table.” He also said on RTL / ntv: “We have to talk to industry and business again to
see
whether all the capacities for mobile work in the
home office
are being used.
We will also have to look again to see whether
local transport is
not switched off or at least organized in such a way that there are not so many people in a bus or in a wagon. "
In view of the again partly different state regulations after the last federal-state consultation on January 5th, Brinkhaus added in the
NOZ
: “And I expect that the things that are decided at the Prime Minister
's Conference
in Berlin will be one at home in the state capitals implemented and consistently followed up. ”(dpa / AFP / frs)
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