Chancellor Merkel debated for hours with the country leaders about how to proceed in the corona crisis.
Markus Söder is said to have tackled Olaf Scholz hard.
Update from March 5:
There was heated discussion at the Corona summit on Wednesday.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder clashed with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz.
Addressing the SPD candidate for Chancellor, he said, “I don't know what you have been drinking.” And: Scholz now “doesn't have to grin around that smurfy”, Söder continued (see first report).
The Federal Finance Minister took the criticism with humor.
“I really like that with the Smurfs.
They are small, cunning and always win, ”he said on Thursday evening in the ZDF program Markus Lanz.
Corona summit escalates shortly before the end!
Söder is abusive: "I don't know what you drank"
First report from March 4:
Munich - Chancellor Angela Merkel * met for hours on Wednesday with the country leaders on how to proceed with the Corona * pandemic.
Will the lockdown be extended?
What easing are possible?
All of this was discussed.
In the end, the lockdown * was extended.
In addition, a tiered system was agreed and extensive innovations in terms of vaccination strategy were agreed - an overview of the rules can be found here.
Corona summit: Lockdown extended - Prime Minister Söder takes Scholz hard
At the marathon session, there were sometimes violent disputes.
Shortly before the end of the deliberations, Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU) were violently gardening.
According to reports, the trigger for this was the financing of a hardship fund in equal parts by the federal and state governments.
Shortly after the end of the conference, Söder emphasized again when asked: "I don't want to say we are one heart and one soul, but now everything is fine again."
Söder tackles Scholz hard at the Corona summit: "You are not the King of Germany"
According to the participants, Scholz had initially declared to all Prime Ministers: "Nobody needs to dream that the federal government will set up an account from which everything is paid." There would be no other consensus than the proportionate funding of the federal and state governments.
Söder then attacked the SPD * -chancellor candidate - as stated by several participants - harshly: "You are not the King of Germany or world ruler." And: Scholz now has to "not grin that smurfy at all".
According to
Merkur.de
information, the CSU * boss also addressed Scholz: "I don't know what you have been drinking" and made it clear: "You are not Chancellor here!"
Söder and Scholz clash at the Corona summit: Do not put every word on the "gold scales"
When asked, Söder emphasized that one shouldn't put every word that has been handed down on the “gold scales”.
He “basically” appreciates Scholz.
You can get along well in the grand coalition too.
Nevertheless, there are sometimes different points of view, and Scholz has "a very pointed manner."
The hardship fund goes back to Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU *).
The fund is intended to help companies that do not exactly meet the previous auxiliary criteria or where special conditions in certain industries are not recorded.
Despite the dispute, the fund was also decided by the Prime Minister's Conference, but further details are to be clarified on Monday.
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