The tense corona situation in Germany is causing concern in many places.
The traffic light parties and representatives from the federal and state governments confer.
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On Thursday the federal and state governments will discuss further measures in the fight against the corona virus *.
In the run-up to the summit, Bavaria's head of state Söder was upset.
Hesse's Prime Minister Bouffier made a request for booster vaccinations * before the start.
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Berlin - The fourth wave of the corona pandemic * has Germany firmly under control. In the fight against the corona virus *, the federal and state governments want to discuss an adjustment of the measures on Thursday afternoon (November 18). Both the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU *) and her potential successor Olaf Scholz * (SPD *) will attend the summit.
Immediately before the beginning of the federal-state summit, the traffic light parties want to have their infection protection law approved by the Bundestag on Thursday morning.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder criticized at the beginning of the week that the draft law by the SPD, Greens * and FDP * will be presented to the plenary without waiting for the Corona summit.
"It would have been better, instead of having a Prime Minister's Conference on Thursday afternoon, to do it in the morning or Wednesday - before the law is passed," said Söder on Tuesday (November 16) in the ZDF "Morgenmagazin" *.
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The CSU boss also commented on the different views of the traffic light in terms of mandatory vaccination for certain professional groups.
"There is a section that fights with hands and feet against tightened measures," said Söder, "that is the FDP." The SPD and the Greens are more solution-oriented.
Among other things, the traffic light partners are planning a 3G rule at work and on public transport.
In addition, the law is intended to preserve the possibility of enforcing corona measures such as the mask requirement or contact restrictions even after the epidemic situation has expired, which are of national scope.
Nevertheless, there was criticism from the Union, the traffic light plans do not go far enough *.
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If the draft law makes it through the Bundestag * on Thursday and it is passed there, the new Infection Protection Act could be approved by the Bundesrat * on Friday.
In addition to the Infection Protection Act, the topic of booster vaccinations is also likely to be hotly debated.
A demand came from Hesse the day before the federal-state summit.
Prime Minister Volker Bouffier asked the
dpa for
a nationwide uniform regulation for Corona booster vaccinations.
In addition, the father of Hesse wants to clarify with the summit participants whether there should be economic aid for certain industries that have suffered particularly from the corona restrictions.
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