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Faced with the Covid, Angela Merkel resolves to bypass the Länder

2021-04-13T15:40:47.714Z


After weeks of political cacophony, the Council of Ministers on Tuesday adopted a bill that momentarily allows the German federal state to dictate to the Länder possible containment measures.


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Angela Merkel no longer wants to have health policy dictated by the regions.

The Council of Ministers adopted a bill on Tuesday that temporarily allows the federal state to dictate to the Länder possible containment measures.

"For the situation to improve, the measures must be stricter and more coherent,"

summed up the Chancellor, who fears a third wave of a magnitude greater than the previous ones.

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As soon as, for three consecutive days, one hundred new infections per 100,000 inhabitants have been recorded during the past week, the 401 German cantons will be imposed by decree the establishment of a curfew spanning 21 hours at 5 a.m.

If the incidence rate is above 200, schools will need to organize distance learning courses.

Likewise, uniform constraints will weigh on businesses, businesses or other institutions open to the public.

The text will soon be presented to the Bundestag where it

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Source: lefigaro

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