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Stay a while - and that in the open!
In Saarbrücken's pedestrian zone, restaurateurs are again allowed to offer seats in front of their restaurant - if the guests reserve in advance.
As of today, the second smallest federal state has allowed some easing of public life - while curfews apply in other parts of Germany.
Does a Tübingen light actually work in Saarland?
The people here are divided.
Passer-by Jürgen Gerber: »Due to the long dry spell, I will definitely use it, and it is the same among my circle of friends as it is with me, everyone just wants to get out. You feel a bit locked up in a way and I lack social contact. "
Passer-by Eddie Merxha: "To be honest, I don't think that's right, because in the end, after two months or after a month, they close everything again, and we're all over again."
Theaters, cinemas, concert halls, fitness studios and tennis halls are also allowed to receive visitors in Saarland if they have a negative rapid test that is no more than 24 hours old.
Up to ten people can meet outside.
Passer-by Edgar Spengler: »In my private life, however, I have fears that the numbers will go up again. Now the holidays are over again. We know that the weekend doesn't count correctly or not at all. "
Passer-by Peter Mögling: "I definitely don't use it because I don't trust it, there is too much politics in it, we have state elections next year and I think the Prime Minister is already starting to campaign."
The Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans defends the easing and thus contradicts the current position of his party chairman Armin Laschet.
He had reiterated his call for a tougher "bridge lockdown" in view of the nationwide increase in the number of infections.
According to the RKI, the current incidence value in Saarland is currently 86.
