The vaccination summit on Monday was eagerly awaited.
However, the outcome of the conference left many disappointed.
Important decisions were postponed.
Berlin - At the vaccination summit on Monday in Berlin, no new decisions were made on how to deal with those who have been vaccinated and who have already recovered.
It only became more concrete after the press conference by Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), Markus Söder (CSU *) and Michael Müller (SPD *).
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU *) announced, for example, that the federal government wants to make a proposal next week on possible easing for vaccinated people.
Vaccination summit: Association of cities and municipalities are disappointed by the vaccination summit
The expectations for the press conference from Merkel, Söder and Müller were high.
Söder himself spoke of a "hope MPK".
After almost three hours of discussion, Merkel was able to announce that the vaccination prioritization should be discontinued “by June at the latest” *, but no further resolutions were made *.
In a key issues paper prepared by the federal government for the summit at the weekend, everything still indicated that vaccinated and genesis individuals could be exempted from contact restrictions in families and households.
But it quickly became clear that the decision on possible easing for vaccinated people would be postponed for the time being.
Vaccination summit: Association of cities and municipalities disappointed with adjourned decision
State parliament district president Reinhard Sager was disappointed with the outcome of the summit "We would have expected clearer appointments here," he told the newspapers of the Funke media group. The Association of Towns and Municipalities also expressed clear criticism of the postponed decision. General Manager Gerd Landsberg called it “regrettable” that the summit had not yet reached a “final agreement on the lifting of the restrictions on fundamental rights for fully vaccinated citizens”. This is about the “constitutional principle of proportionality”.
The German Travel Association also reprimanded the lack of resolutions.
The association welcomed the fact that the Chancellor and Prime Minister had dealt with possible freedoms for vaccinated people, but criticized “that there was no concrete result.
Neither a conclusive test concept was decided, nor were there specific times when vaccinated people could regain their basic rights. "
Corona vaccinations: Spahn promises freedom for vaccinated people until the end of May
After the summit, some Union politicians became more specific. Health Minister Jens Spahn said in the evening on ARD that the federal government wants to make a proposal next week so that an ordinance could be passed by the Federal Council on May 28th. So there is a clear timetable for when the rights of vaccinated people should be regulated. Nevertheless, Spahn emphasizes that protective measures such as mask requirement and distance will continue to apply to vaccinated, convalescent and tested people.
In addition to Spahn, Chancellor Helge Braun (CDU) also promised concrete easing for vaccinated people after the summit. “The Federal Minister of Justice will now work with the Minister of Health and the Minister of the Interior to prepare an ordinance that will provide for just that. That namely, that fully vaccinated people and those who have
recovered from the coronavirus are not counted in the case of contact restrictions, for example, in the case of contact restrictions, ”said Braun on Tuesday in the ARD“ Morgenmagazin ”.
The harmless addition “for example” could refer to a highly explosive debate: Merkel had declared on Monday, according to participants in the CDU presidium, that they do not want to grant tested and vaccinated persons the same rights.
FDP parliamentary group vice Stephan Thomae exercised
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* - even CDU politicians warned of bad consequences.
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In addition to top politicians, health experts are also calling for more freedom for those who have been vaccinated.
The head of the Baden-Württemberg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Norbert Metke, spoke out in favor of lifting restrictions for vaccinated people.
At the same time, however, the vaccination rate of the last two weeks must be maintained. “It cannot be that the person vaccinated is given double privileges - through vaccination and through more freedom.” (
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