If you want to eat or drink something at a Christmas market, you have to be vaccinated, recovered or tested.
The FDP parliamentary group again criticized the rules of the state government.
She is not alone in this.
Hanover - The rules for Christmas markets in Corona times are not practicable in the opinion of the FDP parliamentary group in the Lower Saxony state parliament. The MP Jörg Bode on Thursday in the state parliament particularly criticized the regulation that the so-called 3G rule applies at the food and drink stands. So if you want to eat or drink something at the Christmas markets, you have to be vaccinated, recovered or tested negative. Children and young people under the age of 18 are excluded. The Lower Saxony City Council had also described the rules as impractical this week.
There are several options for the operators of Christmas markets to check the status of those who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested: According to the Corona state ordinance, the area can be provided with central entrances and exits.
Ribbons or stamps can also be sufficient evidence that visitors have to pick up at a stand.
As a third option, the sales staff can check directly at the stands.
Bode called for more freedom of choice for the municipalities to implement a Christmas market.
When these markets start, more people will be vaccinated and will be outside visiting Christmas markets.
"It cannot be that after a year and a half of a pandemic the State Chancellery and the Ministry of Social Affairs are willing to regulate every area of life down to the smallest detail." Fencing the Christmas markets is not useful.
Burkhard Jasper from the CDU parliamentary group said that the municipalities had a certain degree of freedom in terms of the rules.
A pre-Christmas period similar to that before the pandemic will thus be made possible.
Meta Janssen-Kucz from the Greens group pointed out that the rules were working together with showmen.
She urged further caution.
"We have not yet left the pandemic situation behind us."
The City Council had expressed clear criticism of the Christmas market rules at the beginning of the week.
“Fencing in the market with access controls contradicts the character of the Christmas markets.
The alternative proposed issue of the ribbon is complex in terms of organization, personnel and therefore very costly, ”said the President of the City Council, Ulrich Mädge (SPD).
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Frank Klingebiel (CDU), Vice-President of the City Council, said this week: “We also consider monitoring by the stand operators to be simply unsuitable.
Due to the associated waiting times, these control measures can lead to great displeasure among visitors and to considerable conflicts between visitors and stand operators. "
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