The federal government wants to take tough action, the states insist on their competence.
The fight against corona is proving difficult at the moment.
The tone is rough.
A conflict has simmered between the federal and state governments since Chancellor * Angela Merkel (CDU) * appealed to Anne Will to be more consistent in the implementation of measures.
Saxony wants to open schools and daycare centers after Easter regardless of the incidence value (
see update from March 30, 2:55 p.m.
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Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff encourages Chancellor Angela Merkel to take the Corona policy into her own hands (
see update from March 30th, 5:55 p.m.
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Update from March 30th, 5:55 p.m
.: Angela Merkel criticized the country chiefs at “Anne Will” on Sunday for their idiosyncratic interpretation of the Corona resolutions.
Now Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) has spoken.
Merkel's party colleague calls on the Chancellor to take the Corona policy into her own hands.
"I encouraged the Chancellor to do what she already can aggressively," said Haseloff on Tuesday after a meeting of his state government.
The CDU politician noted that there would be “no discussion” if Chancellor Merkel exhausted her decision-making power.
"We would have no discussion about Easter trips, we would not have a discussion about the work space, the test obligation," quotes the
dpa
Haseloff.
It is important for the Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt to implement the measures that have been decided: "We have an implementation problem, not a problem with the density of regulations," complains Haseloff.
Update from March 30, 2:55 p.m
.: As the
AFP
news
agency
reports, Saxony wants to open schools and daycare centers after Easter - regardless of the incidence value.
In return, tests and mask requirements are to be tightened, Minister of Education Christian Piwarz (CDU) announced on Tuesday in Dresden.
"Despite the increasing number of infections, we want to enable children and adolescents to go to daycare and school," explained Piwarz.
"We have seen what it does to children when they are not allowed to attend schools." Saxony is pushing ahead with its own interpretation of the Corona resolutions.
On Sunday, Chancellor Merkel warned the Prime Ministers of “Anne Will” against going it alone.
Horst Seehofer calls for cooperation between the federal and state governments
Update from March 30th, 1:20 p.m.:
According to Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU), a new legal regulation for nationwide corona measures for certain incidence values could not be passed by the federal states.
"We estimate that such a law would most likely require approval in the Federal Council," he said.
He personally thinks it would be right if there was a uniform nationwide reaction when the number of corona infected people per 100,000 inhabitants in an area has reached a certain value, according to Seehofer.
The question is: "What has to happen at which incidence and at which incidence can we relax with what conditions?" The governing parties and the federal government would have to decide in talks with the federal states whether this legally permissible option would be seized Seehofer.
The conflict between the federal states and the federal states is smoldering
First report from March 30th:
Berlin - the federal government and the states have to work together, otherwise it won't work, warned Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in her interview with Anne Will on Sunday evening.
Federalism in Germany has already produced a patchwork of many topics in the fight against corona, at the same time each region can react individually to its infection process and test measures.
In the end, supporters and opponents of the federal-state division face each other.
Merkel criticized some federal states for not implementing the “emergency brake” and the agreements consistently enough.
There is a smoldering conflict between the levels.
On Monday, Armin Laschet and Tobias Hans * (both CDU) are said to have internally defended their measures in North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland.
Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) * was annoyed on Monday evening, "that the Chancellery is now using appropriate wording to give the impression that some are dealing with the situation very seriously and prudently and others are not." about “balancing out the possibilities and the very different situations” in the federal states.
“It's not like everyone does what they want,” emphasized Müller.
It is not wise to operate such "country bashing".
“We're in the same boat,” he made clear.
The federal and state governments have achieved a lot together.
Federal-state conflict on corona measures: Brinkhaus calls for cohesion
Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) meanwhile played the ball back towards the Chancellery.
“The past week tended to highlight the federal government's implementation problems in fighting pandemics.
Mutual accusations, however, do not help in the fight against a third wave. "
So there is a crisis.
That is why the Union parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus is urgently calling for cohesion between the federal and state governments.
Merkel rightly said that the measures were not enough to break the exponential growth and also that the federal government could be given more powers.
He would also like that, said Brinkhaus on Monday evening in the ARD “Tagesthemen”.
But: "That can only be done together with the federal states." The CDU * politician warns: "We have to stick together in the crisis and not work against each other."
Corona in Germany: "It's about our country" - federal incidence rises to 135
The current infection numbers are high again, the nationwide seven-day incidence is increasing, the R value is above one, Germany is in the third corona wave.
Now more must be done to contain the pandemic, emphasizes Brinkhaus: “That is not possible in the dispute between the federal government and the states, because everyone is of good will.
But it only works together.
Everyone has to reset their ego now.
It's not about campaigning.
It's not about party interests.
It's not about personal interests either.
It's about our country. "
At least the heads of government agree that the pandemic must be combated urgently.
“Emergency brake” was the magic word of the opening decisions from the beginning of March.
But pretty soon each region implemented the resolution a little differently.
If a country or a county or an independent city comes over an incidence of 100 for three days, the lockdown rules of March 7th should apply again.
Some regions across Germany have already exceeded this value.
According to the RKI Corona Dashboard, only two countries are below a seven-day incidence of 100 when comparing federal states: Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein (as of March 30, 21, 3.09 a.m.).
Nationwide, Germany achieved a value of 135.2 on March 30th.
Would a nationwide “emergency brake” therefore be appropriate?
Germany-wide "emergency brake" necessary due to corona infection numbers?
Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) speaks out against it.
The emergency brake must be pulled "where it is virologically necessary," said Günther on Tuesday in the ARD "Morgenmagazin".
"I think it makes no sense to do it the same everywhere." Günther referred to districts in Schleswig-Holstein in which the seven-day incidence is well below 50 or even below 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
"It would be completely inappropriate to make such decisions," he emphasized.
Where the incidence is above 100, "tightened measures are absolutely necessary".
So it was agreed between the federal government and the states.
Since testing and vaccination are currently the means to detect and prevent corona infections at an early stage, the pressure remains high on everyone involved to move forward here as quickly as possible.
And the citizens could also make their contribution, says the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD): "Testing is also a civic duty," she told the
editorial network Germany.
People in Germany should be tested for the corona virus * more often than before.
"Those who test themselves help to identify infections in good time, even before symptoms appear and other people can be infected unnoticed."
(Cibo with material from dpa and AFP) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
