What did Merkel's turnaround mean for the corona rules in Bavaria?
Prime Minister Markus Söder presented himself to the state parliament with a government declaration.
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The corona lockdown * in Bavaria is being extended.
Markus Söder * presents himself to the MPs in the state parliament with a government declaration.
Söder explained the effects of Merkel's U-turn for Bavaria and hinted at a major reform (see update from March 24, 16:33)
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Update from March 24th, 8:04 p.m.:
CSU boss Markus Söder explained the corona decisions made in a BR extra in the evening.
In addition to repeatedly seeing the "Easter error", he also dared to look at the summer of this year.
When asked whether the summer was "gone" this year, the Prime Minister gave a clear answer.
He thinks that more relief will be possible over time.
Bavaria vaccinates as many people every day as “a small town” has inhabitants, according to Söder.
In addition, you now have more options.
It would depend on the behavior of each individual when improvement occurs.
The more people now participate, the sooner the phase towards normalcy can begin, said the Prime Minister.
Easter lockdown stopped: Söder explains the consequences of Merkel's turnaround for Bavaria - and suggests major reform
Update from March 24th, 4:33 p.m.:
The discussion is still going on after Söder's government
statement
.
You can still follow them in the live stream (video above).
In his speech, the CSU boss called for a combined concept of lockdowns and other measures.
A careful opening with lots of tests, vaccinations and the increasing use of digital possibilities must be the goal.
Söder continued to advocate the seven-day incidence, which is still the most important value.
In the next three weeks there will be no openings to gain stability despite the spreading British virus variant with a higher risk of infection and increased mortality.
Söder also came up with the overturned Easter regulation.
He does not see the responsibility for this solely with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“That is what all the prime ministers decided.
I was there as well as everyone else.
And that's why I think it is necessary for everyone to apologize and regret it. ”And further:“ Nothing actually happened - but of course there is a fidelity.
And we're sorry, I'm sorry too. ”The situation is“ very annoying ”, but ultimately it is better to correct the decision early on.
Easter lockdown stopped: Söder explains the consequences of Merkel's turnaround for Bavaria
With a view to combating the pandemic, Söder emphasized that it would be a good idea to relax at Easter.
This makes epidemiological sense and is also recommended by doctors.
At the same time, Bavaria continues to rely on a consistent implementation of the emergency brake.
“That remains, that stands.” The only thing that de facto now changes is that Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday are not public holidays.
Bavaria's Prime Minister emphasized that the procedure of the federal and state governments to determine the corona strategy had to be reformed.
“On the one hand, I believe that more transparency is necessary and should therefore take place much more publicly.” In addition, the meetings should not start in the late afternoon.
They would also have to be prepared in the long term by all those involved in order to make them more effective.
Massive criticism of Söder: "Greatly off course"
16:23:
"Apparently you only get to know the good helmsman in a storm.
If we stay in this picture, Markus Söder has left the bridge to itself too often to give big speeches to the crew on deck.
In doing so, he has deviated enormously from the course, ”said Ludwig Hartmann of the Greens, renewing his criticism of
Merkur.de
.
“The fact that there is still no relaxation in sight is also due to his failures.
We have to use existing structures with general practitioners' and specialist practices and company doctors for rapid vaccination.
We need enough quick tests so that children can go to school and daycare and home office as a binding standard - where not possible, compulsory tests at work.
Fast and pragmatic action and communication with a clear compass must now be the guiding principle.
If Bavaria is really a family land, then the hardware store closes first and not the day care center or primary school. "
According to Söder's government statement: Hartmann criticizes playful trust
4 p.m
.: Ludwig Hartmann from the Greens speaks to Söder.
“Trust is a great asset in our democracy,” he explains.
You are in the second Corona year.
"In many ways they have lost trust in the last few weeks and months," he sums up.
He also explicitly criticizes CSU politicians who caused a stir with the mask affair.
He asks to disclose additional income from the first euro onwards.
"The CSU didn't just gamble away trust with the mask affair," said Hartmann.
"The last 48 hours speak volumes about it," he criticized the MPK on Monday with the roll backwards this morning.
3:53 p.m .:
“It's a concept.
The Bayern matrix is in place, "says Söder, but admits:" It's an annoying and difficult time. "But it is not that Germany alone has the problem, the whole world is affected.
"It doesn't help to just look the other way or cheat about reality." You want to have the duality of protecting life and returning to life, said the CSU boss.
“It will take a while, but it gets a little better every day,” he says.
“That's why Corona is not something that changes our lives forever.
It's a matter of time. ”The situation might be better now if everyone had helped, so his concluding criticism.
"We survived the first wave (...) we already had the second wave under control," but then the mutation came.
The third wave will also be created.
This ends the government declaration.
Söder government declaration: "Vaccination creates freedom" - vaccinations for the state parliament soon?
3:48 p.m .:
"Vaccination creates freedom," says Söder.
He would also like the state parliament to be vaccinated soon, because that is where decisions are made.
You can also serve as a role model, he says, referring to the reservations about Astrazeneca.
So Söder does not rule out such a move, there are certainly voices from the population who said, “Why don't they get vaccinated with it”.
3:43 pm:
"I really try very hard
when
talking to associations," said Söder.
Open letters are permissible, but not good for trust.
"But if you then issue ultimatums ... Ultimatas have rarely led to peace." One should try to get into conversation with one another and not write letters to one another.
He cites an article about an ultimatum from the teachers' association.
In a fire letter to the government, he had requested, among other things, an early vaccination offer for all teachers. *
Söder government statement on Corona: CSU boss comments on schools and teaching
3:36 p.m .:
“We don't leave our retailers alone,” says Söder.
They want to give the dealers the opportunity to earn their own living again.
The issue of schools is also discussed in the government declaration.
“It's about protecting teachers, but it's also about protecting pupils.” The school is now “part of the pandemic.” It is therefore a difficult decision to make because you can feel the effects .
“Of course, they particularly suffer from the elimination of face-to-face teaching,” says Söder about students who have a little harder time.
After the Easter holidays, an offer will be made for the Q11 and fourth grade to consider them as a final grade and to offer alternating and distance lessons.
The focus of the test capacities will be placed in the school area.
Test offers: twice a week for students and teachers, says Söder.
“We also believe that testing must be possible at school,” he says.
A test in the morning at school is different than in the evening at home.
You don't understand the criticism, but you would accept it.
Söder government statement after the Easter lockdown was stopped: CSU boss comments on culture
3.30 p.m
.: In Bavaria there should be eight model cities *, deliberately municipalities above an incidence of 100 or 150. "It's a brave project, but it now fits right in with the time and mood," says Söder.
"We already have more applications than opportunities."
On April 12th, “we will reactivate the matrix,” says Söder about how to proceed in the next few weeks.
For culture, Söder holds out the prospect of using outdoor areas.
"Perhaps there is the possibility of allowing more culture in front of a historical backdrop," says Söder.
The English Garden in Munich could be used for this.
Mallorca vacation in Corona times?
Söder dissatisfied: "I would prefer ..."
3:25 p.m .:
"The signal and the decision is difficult,"
says
Söder on Mallorca vacation.
It would be time to consider how to deal with the situation.
“I think it's a bad signal.” “I would now like to do something different at Easter,” admits Söder.
Even rules that he supports are still difficult for him.
The minimum after a trip must be that everyone has to submit a negative test.
"I would prefer we could come up with a few other measures," said Söder.
It is difficult for people to understand why they are allowed to travel to Mallorca, but not to a holiday home in their own country.
Söder explains the Easter lockdown decision: "We did that to the best of our knowledge and belief"
3:14 p.m .:
"Please do not give up in the regions", Söder Corona-Hotspots encourages and thanked everyone who helps.
"It works," said the CSU boss.
As an example, he cites Tirschenreuth, which was in the headlines for a long time due to its high incidence.
The lag has improved there.
Söder defended the incidence as an important "early warning factor."
“How are things going now?” Asks Söder.
The incidence is the basis and “still the best value”, is also justiciable and comparable.
Nevertheless, they asked the LGL whether there was another method.
He is open to that, says Söder.
The idea to do an Easter lockdown came up, which was also advocated by virologists.
“That seemed possible during the night,” said Söder.
However, this morning the Chancellor informed that this was not legally possible.
“It's not just your responsibility.
All the Prime Ministers were there - including me.
We decided that together.
So we all share responsibility, ”emphasizes the CSU boss.
He was sorry that the uncertainty had now arisen.
“We did that to the best of our knowledge and belief” because they wanted to achieve something.
"By the way, only one thing has changed for Bavaria: Holy Saturday and Maundy Thursday are not public holidays."
"Sometimes it helps to sleep and think about it even more," Söder sums up the Easter lockdown decision on Tuesday night.
He wants to try to purify and improve the MPK.
Söder on the corona situation: "I think we're doing pretty well in this special situation"
3.10 p.m.:
Bavaria is severely affected by the virus due to its geographic location alone.
He cites the proximity to the Czech Republic as an example.
“I think we're doing pretty well in this particular situation,” says Söder.
"Rescuing the world is not as easy as you think," Söder attacked the Greens directly in his speech.
He knows how the discussion is about to go.
Söder's government statement on Corona live: "The third wave is here and it is rolling across the country"
3:05 p.m
.: About the situation: "The third wave is here and it is rolling across the country," said Söder.
The experts' forecasts would be confirmed by the majority.
You can see from the RKI cards how the virus is spreading.
Yesterday's minute of silence was moving.
“If we hadn't reacted, tens of thousands more people would have died,” he explains.
The third wave is not just another wave of the virus: "In principle, it is a completely new pandemic of its own," said Söder.
“Impatience won't help us much now.
We really have to be careful that the third wave doesn't become a permanent wave, ”warns Söder.
Government declaration by Söder after the Easter lockdown stop: NOW live
3:01 p.m.:
The government declaration begins.
"Corona is like a black cloud that lies over the country," says Söder.
It is more than understandable that the mood is irritable.
“Some just can't anymore.
At least that's how it feels. ”The situation is more serious than many believe.
“We now have a choice: let it go, give up, let it happen,” but the consequences would be severe, he warns.
Instead, he calls for a strategy against the virus: "Be careful, but also motivate." The protection of life has priority.
A hasty opening is the wrong way, the emergency brake is applied consistently.
"In Bavaria it is a sharp sword and not a toothless tiger."
Update from March 24th, 2:56 p.m .:
Ludwig Hartmann of the Greens spoke
of a “serious breach of trust”
before Söder's government
statement
on
Bavarian Broadcasting
. He would be shocked that apparently before an MPK it was not checked whether certain regulations were even enforceable .
Söder on the stop of the Easter regulation: "Very annoying, very regrettable, nevertheless the right decision"
Update from March 24th, 2:45 pm:
"Very annoying, very regrettable, nevertheless the right decision", Söder summarizes today's events in a press statement.
At noon, Chancellor Merkel stopped the planned Easter lockdown.
This is a “very good reason to rethink the federal and state procedures,” said Söder.
"It would have been better if it had been done differently," said the CSU boss.
It turned out that many of the side effects would not have been legally tenable.
Chancellor Merkel did not go it alone, however, since numerous prime ministers took part in the nightly talks.
In a moment he will present himself to the state parliament in a government declaration.
Update from March 24th, 2.40 p.m.:
Markus Söder will hold his government declaration in the state parliament in an expected 20 minutes.
This was originally scheduled for 11 a.m., but was postponed due to the video switch with Chancellor Angela Merkel, which was called at short notice.
You can follow the government declaration at 3 p.m. here in the live stream and ticker.
Association of Bavarian Economy welcomes the withdrawal of the planned Easter rest
Update from March 24th, 2:08 p.m.:
The Association of Bavarian Economy (vbw) welcomes the withdrawal of the planned Easter rest.
“The economy is fighting against the enormous effects of the corona pandemic.
Additional costs due to the rest days would have been unacceptable. ”This is what General Manager Bertram Brossardt said on Wednesday.
The companies are not drivers of the pandemic.
During the crisis, however, they wanted “a particularly high degree of planning security through political processes in the federal government”.
The federal and state governments wanted to shut down economic, public and private life over Easter in order to slow down the third wave of the pandemic.
After heavy criticism, Chancellor Angela Merkel withdrew the plan (see previous update).
In the afternoon there will be a government declaration by Markus Söder in the state parliament on the further corona policy in Bavaria.
You can follow them here in the live stream and ticker.
Merkel stops Easter quiet: "A mistake must be called a mistake"
Update from March 24th, 12:38 p.m.:
The planned Easter rest is stopped.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said this in a press statement.
Before that, there was a short-term video link with the country chiefs.
She takes responsibility for the mistake.
"An error must be named as an error."
The Chancellor is aware that this process causes uncertainty "and I ask all citizens for their forgiveness." At 1 p.m., she will answer questions from the MPs.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder will also speak out today.
A government statement by the CSU boss is planned for the afternoon.
You can follow them in the live stream and ticker here.
Roll backwards in the Easter lockdown - Massive criticism: "Instead of team caution, team uncertainty and chaos prevailed"
Update from March 24th, 12:13 p.m.:
Roll backwards during the Easter lockdown.
In a short notice, Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have told the country leaders to stop the Easter resolutions.
This is reported by participants.
CSU boss Söder is behind Merkel's decision (see previous update).
But the government's crisis management does not go down well with everyone.
"Instead of team caution, team uncertainty and chaos prevailed," criticized Ludwig Hartmann from the Greens to
Merkur.de
.
He is referring to a sentence by Söder about the decisions of the Corona summit: "Team caution has prevailed."
Chancellor stops Easter lockdown: Söder supports Merkel's decision
Update from March 24th, 11:45 am:
Markus Söder is behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to stop the planned Easter lockdown.
“I have personal respect for the Chancellor's statement.
In the end, it is better to clear it up now if it is not legally possible, ”he said on Wednesday, according to information from participants at the short-term switching of the federal and state governments.
Ultimately, the procedures are "also part of the problem".
The CSU boss also pointed out that the responsible ministries had been asked on the night of the Prime Minister's Conference whether the implementation of the so-called Easter rest was legally possible.
Update from March 24th, 11.12 a.m.: At
11 a.m., a federal-state switch was convened at short notice (see previous update).
Now the first details leaked out.
Accordingly, after massive criticism, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to stop the federal-state decision on the so-called Easter rest.
She communicated this to the Prime Ministers of the federal states, as the German Press Agency learned from several participants.
Due to the switch that was convened at short notice, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder had to postpone his government declaration planned for 11 a.m.
This should now take place in the afternoon.
Lockdown in Bavaria: Merkel's announcement whirls Söder's plans upside down - but new rules over Easter?
Update from March 24th, 10:34 am
: Angela Merkel wants to consult with the Prime Minister again at short notice.
Before that, there was massive criticism of the Easter resolutions of the Corona summit on Monday (see previous update).
Markus Söder also takes part in the switch - Söder's government declaration planned for the morning in the state parliament on the latest Corona resolutions will therefore be postponed to the afternoon, as a government spokeswoman announced.
Criticism of Easter resolutions: Merkel is again briefly consulting with the prime minister
Update from March 24th, 10.16 a.m.:
After the fierce criticism of the Easter resolutions of the Bund-Länder-Round on Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to consult with the heads of states again at short notice.
At 11 a.m. there will be a switch with the Prime Minister.
The German Press Agency (dpa) found out on Wednesday in Berlin.
It will be about dealing with the ongoing criticism.
Above all, displeasure was sparked by the fact that after the hours of corona deliberations on Tuesday night, the implementation of central resolutions was still open.
Also at 11 a.m., Markus Söder actually wanted to make a government declaration in the Bavarian state parliament (see first report).
Lockdown in Bavaria extended: Söder government statement live today - Violent criticism from the opposition?
First report from March 24th, 9:31 a.m .:
Munich - At a marathon meeting, the federal and state governments came to the conclusion that the Corona * lockdown will be extended.
On Tuesday night, Chancellor Angela Merkel * announced the new resolutions.
Just one day later, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder appeared in front of the press and explained the further way the Free State was going through the Corona crisis.
You can find an overview of the rules that will soon apply in our overview. *
Corona in Bavaria: Lockdown extended - Söder makes government statement
On Wednesday, the CSU * boss in the state parliament will face the deputies with a government statement on the corona * policy of his cabinet and vote on the further pandemic policy.
The state government around Söder decided on Tuesday not to allow any further relaxation of protective measures until Easter due to the third corona wave rolling over Bavaria.
Only after the holidays are there to be minor reliefs, for example with trade or outdoor catering.
Criticism is to be expected in the state parliament from the members of the opposition parties.
There was dissatisfaction with the resolutions on Tuesday, especially from the business community.
Innkeepers, retailers and culture enthusiasts had hoped for an easing over Easter in order to get their business, which had been idle for months, going again.
Corona numbers are increasing in Bavaria: incidence at 110.8 - intensive care physicians warn
As in all of Germany, the number of new corona infections has risen sharply again in Bavaria.
On Tuesday the seven-day incidence * was 111, on Wednesday the Robert Koch Institute * reported a value of 110.8.
The front runner in the Free State is the city of Hof with an incidence of 349.2.
That is the sixth highest value in all of Germany.
The district of Cham is in tenth place nationwide (278.9).
According to Söder, intensive care physicians are already warning of overcrowded intensive care units.
This time, possibly with younger patients.
(
kam / dpa)
* Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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