The federal and state governments will meet on Monday for the vaccination summit.
Chancellor Angela Merkel expects a lot of fuel for deliberations.
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On Monday, Angela Merkel * (CDU) and the prime ministers will meet for the vaccination summit.
At the first meeting after the federal emergency brake came into force, it should be about the status of the vaccination campaign and the further timetable.
Chancellor Angela Merkel worried in an internal video conference before an “indictment summit”.
(see update from April 26th, 11.50 a.m.)
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Update from April 26, 11.50 a.m.:
How much potential for conflict does the federal and state vaccination summit, scheduled for Monday afternoon, hold?
Angela Merkel fears a hard argument between the prime ministers of the federal states and the representatives of the federal government.
As
bild.de
reports, the Chancellor is said to have said in a video conference of the CDU Presidium on Monday: "This will be a summit of indictments when I look at the verbal contributions on the A side."
The federal states led by the SPD are referred to as the A-side.
These recently repeatedly expressed sharp criticism - especially against Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU).
But also in terms of content, Angela Merkel already let some of her positions through.
The Chancellor apparently demanded that newly tested people should not be equated with vaccinated people.
"The security of the vaccination is much more robust than the security of the tests," said the 66-year-old.
The Chancellor, like Spahn, also warned against prematurely giving up the prioritization of vaccinations.
According to Merkel, teachers, among others, have “no understanding” for a lifting of the prioritization.
Merkel's vaccination summit: Berlin's Mayor Müller calls for the prioritization to be lifted
Update from April 26, 9:20 a.m.:
This afternoon, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Ministers of the federal states are meeting for the vaccination summit to discuss further vaccination and possible freedoms for those who have been vaccinated. On Monday morning, Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller commented on the upcoming decisions in the ARD's “Morgenmagazin”. Among other things, the 56-year-old called for the vaccination prioritization to be lifted quickly.
This should "happen as quickly as possible", demanded Müller and emphasized that this step would be connected above all with sufficient vaccine deliveries to general practitioners' practices.
It is therefore also unclear when the prioritization can be lifted.
In May, however, there would definitely be “more momentum” in the vaccine supply.
With a view to Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), who had called for the prioritization to be lifted for the end of May, Müller chose soothing words.
"I think we don't have to argue for five or six days," said the Governing Mayor of Berlin.
Merkel's vaccination summit: more rights for vaccinated people?
Kretschmer: "It goes without saying ..."
Update from April 26th, 7.55 a.m.:
Before the vaccination summit by the federal and state governments, calls are being made to return vaccinated people their basic rights soon. Vaccinated nursing home residents should be able to eat together again and be visited, said the chairwoman of the Greens in the Bundestag, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, in an interview with the
Rheinische Post
. This also requires evidence that is suitable for everyday use for citizens who have been vaccinated or tested negative. In addition, Göring-Eckardt demanded from the participants of the vaccination summit that withheld vaccination doses be released and that no vaccine be thrown away.
The head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, also commented on the debate about more rights for vaccinated people.
"I consider someone who is vaccinated to continue to withdraw their basic right to be legally very difficult and medically hardly justifiable," said Gassen in the
Rheinische Post
.
Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) sees it similarly.
"It is a matter of course and imperative that people who are not or only very unlikely to be carriers of the virus due to their vaccination are not restricted," he explained to the newspapers of the
Funke media group
.
Vaccination summit: Berlin Greens against procurement of corona vaccine Sputnik V
Update from April 26, 6:36 a.m.:
Before the federal and state vaccination summit, Berlin's
Senator for
Economic Affairs, Ramona Pop
, spoke out
against the purchase of the Russian corona vaccine Sputnik V.
"The vaccination summit must give the go-ahead for significantly more people to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the coming weeks," said the Green politician on Sunday.
"What is needed here is quick action and no phantom debates like the procurement of Sputnik vaccine."
Pop made another suggestion: "I advocate an emergency approval of the CureVac vaccine in order to be able to use another mRNA vaccine with high efficacy and few side effects in the short term."
The Berlin Greens have fundamental concerns about the Sputnik V corona vaccine, among other things against the background of the conflict with Russia over the Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny, who is imprisoned in a prison camp.
In a controversial discussion last Tuesday, the Senate did not "take a final position" on the issue.
Vaccination summit on Monday: Zoff again?
Round apparently ignores lessons from the Easter flop
First report from April 25th:
Berlin - The vaccination summit is the first federal-state meeting after the great nocturnal debacle: On the night of March 23rd, Angela Merkel (CDU) and the prime ministers decided on the so-called Easter rest - the rest is history.
The Easter rest was withdrawn in a chaotic act *, Merkel apologized and canceled the Corona summit *.
Now the Chancellor and the country leaders are supposed to meet again: Monday will be about vaccinations, rights for vaccinated people and the rest of the timetable.
A mistake may be repeated: If at the end of March it was announced that the next summit would start earlier in order to avoid late-night rushes, at least this resolution is already a thing of the past.
The conference starts at 3 p.m. - as usual.
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Angela Merkel (CDU) and the 16 prime ministers will meet on Monday for the vaccination summit.
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Vaccination summit on Monday: These are the topics of the federal-state conference
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) is to provide information on Monday about the status of the vaccination campaign.
It will then also be debated whether and when the prioritization in the allocation of vaccination appointments can be canceled.
While the federal government is currently citing June for this, medical representatives have already called for the vaccines to be released even earlier.
At the center of the vaccination summit, however, should be the question of making things easier for those who have been vaccinated: Can you soon be treated like people who have tested negative?
For example, you could then go shopping with the same rights as a person who tested negative.
There should be no exceptions * for other rules in the foreseeable future - it has so far been excluded that vaccinated people can visit, for example, leisure or cultural facilities that are otherwise closed.
Angela Merkel's vaccination summit: is there another threat of conflicts between Söder and Laschet?
The debate was already being carried out through the media over the weekend. "We need company vaccinations, we need family vaccinations," said Markus Söder * (CSU) on Sunday in the ARD. There is a high risk of infection in families and companies. In particular, the prioritization of vaccinations is developing into a "time obstacle". He also wants the imminent lifting of restrictions to be seen as an incentive to get vaccinated. "
Preferably
in May", Söder wants to cancel the prioritization, as reported by
msl24.de *
.
The newly elected CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet * is somewhat more cautious.
He continues to talk about a suspension in June.
After the freestyle, the two are the chancellor candidate in clinch *.
But there is agreement on one point: Laschet also wants to equate the vaccinated with those who have recovered and those who tested negative.
The CDU boss has also already mentioned a schedule.
Chancellor and country chiefs at the summit: Ethics Council for Openings - FDP wants to know "everything is allowed" for vaccinated people
The Ethics Council also has no objections, on the contrary: If the third wave "hopefully soon" is over, "future equality of those who have been tested, vaccinated and possibly also those who have recovered, for example with access to restaurants or shops, would be unproblematic from an ethical point of view," said the boss of the Ethics Council, Alena Buyx the
Tagesspiegel
.
One party - which does not have a Prime Minister - goes much further: "Everything must be allowed for those who have been vaccinated," said FDP General Secretary Volker Wissing in the
Saarbrücker Zeitung
.
If there is no longer any reason to restrict fundamental rights, "it is not allowed to continue doing this".
The constitution is “very clear”. He expects swift action from the federal and state governments from the vaccination summit.
(
kat
) *
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