Continuation of the 3G rule and prolongation of the epidemic situation?
The Prime Minister's Conference presented the results of its deliberations today.
Bonn - The prime ministers of the federal states will end their annual meeting on Friday (October 22nd, 2021) on the Petersberg near Bonn.
At lunchtime (1 p.m.) the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Armin Laschet * (CDU *) and the Deputy Chairman of the Ministerial Presidents' Conference (MPK), Michael Müller (SPD *), Governing Mayor of Berlin, will present the results.
A main topic of the meeting is the fight against the Corona * pandemic and its economic and social consequences. The federal states continue to plead for legal protection of the corona measures. According to information from the German Press Agency, a draft resolution agreed by the heads of state chancellery for further legal safeguarding of protective measures is on the table of the country leaders.
The deputy chairman Müller said in the ARD * that the decision might not be entirely unanimous.
But a large majority of colleagues in the country want at least a transitional arrangement if the epidemic emergency ends on November 25th.
Much has been achieved in the corona pandemic, especially through the progress in vaccination.
But you can't lean back now.
The countries need legal security for their Corona protective measures.
Prime Ministerial Conference for Continuation of the 3G Rule
The Prime Ministers insist that the practiced indoor standards - such as the so-called 3G rule, mask, distance, ventilation - are also fundamentally necessary in the autumn and winter months.
3G stands for vaccinated, recovered, tested.
On Friday, however, the MPK can also decide on other versions of all topics.
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The prime ministers of the federal states sit together at the conference table.
Dealing with the pandemic is one of the main topics of the Conference of Prime Ministers.
© Oliver Berg / dpa
In the past few days, politicians and experts had controversially discussed a move by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) * to expire the so-called epidemic situation of national scope at the end of November.
The CDU politician referred to the possibility that protective measures can also be ordered at the state level in the future.
Demands for a prolongation of the epidemic situation
Demands for transition periods came from the federal states. Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU *) warned of a legal loophole if it does not come to an extension. The state health minister, Klaus Holetschek, made a similar statement in the Augsburger Allgemeine. He pointed out that the Infection Protection Act could no longer be applied without further ado if the epidemic situation is not extended by the Bundestag. Test evidence and mask requirements would then no longer have an express legal basis. "We absolutely have to avoid that - because we will need further protective measures in view of the possible increase in the number of infections in winter."
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia brings a proposal on "Lessons from the pandemic" to the MPK.
Among other things, the paper recommends “establishing complete supply chains in Europe in the medium term in sectors that are relevant to the crisis and the system.” In this way, Europe should achieve greater independence from the world market.
MPK addresses increased penalties for forged vaccination passports
Further topics of the meeting also include increased penalties for forged vaccination passports and test certificates.
In addition, a balance sheet of the national flood aid after the 2013 flood is to be discussed at the annual conference.
The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) also takes part in the result Pk in her capacity as chairwoman of the Broadcasting Commission.
Its members met at the same time as the MPK and, among other things, dealt with accessibility in the media.
NRW took over the chairmanship of the MPK from Berlin on a rotating basis at the beginning of October.
Not all heads of government came to the annual meeting on Thursday because of the negotiations * by the SPD, FDP * and the Greens * for a traffic light coalition, which began in Berlin at the same time.
(sot with dpa)
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