Representatives of the new and old government met in public for the first time in the ARD talk on “Anne Will”.
The handover problems were obvious.
Berlin - "Your most important task is an old one", Anne Will comments on her broadcast in the first in the direction of a change of government and with the title "Without grace period: Can the traffic light start in the Corona crisis?" Makes it clear that the climate crisis is not meant is.
The still incumbent Health Minister Jens Spahn flanks the moderator on her left, opposite him are the designated finance minister and FDP leader Christian Lindner and the future foreign minister and Green chairwoman Annalena Baerbock.
In addition, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig - one of the great figures of the SPD.
"Anne Will" - these guests discussed with:
Jens Spahn (CDU) -
Federal Minister for Health
Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen)
- party leader
Christian Lindner (FDP),
party and parliamentary group chairman in the Bundestag
Manuela Schwesig (SPD) -
Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Melanie Amann -
Member of the editor-in-chief and head of the capital city office "
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Spahn, outwardly still in office, seems to have inwardly already said goodbye to some of the responsibility.
He dramatically describes the situation in the country as if he were completely uninvolved: "We are moving intensive care patients with the Air Force in Germany within the country because it is simply no longer possible in certain regions!" There are patients who have suffered "heart attacks, strokes" and already no longer get the supplies they need.
"Are you helpless or powerless?" Will asks smugly.
“He can only advertise,” says the Minister of Health and explains: “Two weeks ago I said it was five past twelve, a week ago it was ten past twelve.
It is now half past twelve! ".
One is behind the wave and it is clear that the intensive care units can no longer cope with the impending increase.
Health Minister Jens Spahn admits to Anne Will: No 2G because of the election campaign
“What shares do you have there?” Anne Will reiterates at Spahn and clearly shows that she does not want to allow the minister's evasive policy. “Do you really think that you haven't made a mistake the whole time?” Spahn squirms, then gives in: “There are two things I should have been clearer about,” he admits and mentions the introduction of 2G as early as August , which got stuck in the pipeline for electoral reasons. Spahn frankly: "During the election campaign - at least some - did not want to send this signal to the unvaccinated".
In addition, the boosting of the over 60-year-olds should have started in the summer and the vaccination centers had to be opened.
But even in the next breath he leaves no doubt that he sees the real mistakes with the "newcomers" in office and counts: The new crisis team with parliamentary coverage - instead of a federal-state conference.
The shortening of the catalog of measures.
The proclamation of the end of the epidemiological emergency.
The wrong announcement that there are enough vaccinated people!
A major general is now leading the implementation of the corona measures
Will switches to looking ahead.
Christian Lindner gets the floor, is pithy and promises full throttle when it comes to vaccinations: "Anyone who can hold a syringe in a medically responsible manner to give a vaccination should do so in the next few weeks." Mention that things have been so sluggish so far Lindner "management problem." The traffic light has now made a military, Major General Carsten Breuer, responsible for planning and implementation on the Corona front.
Public events would be cut back.
Lindner no longer wants filled soccer stadiums: “That is not possible at the moment.” Bars and clubs, in which the virus is currently spreading strongly, would also have to close.
When it comes to lockdown, the traffic light representatives are meek.
Schwesig speaks of a "lockdown for the unvaccinated".
Lindner points out that, in contrast to the beginning of the pandemic, courts have confirmed a nationwide lockdown as not being in conformity with the constitution.
And reminds us that this has led to a postponement of the problem, since closings put many people in economic hardship and closed schools cause psychological problems.
In the coming week, further advice should be given.
Schwesig wants tax-free bonus for nursing staff
Annalena Baerbock gives the factual in the round and comments soberly from the edge of the field that one should not “worry” the population any further now.
It is "amazing", said the Greens boss, how different the federal states are reacting to the Corona situation.
When Will criticized the measures as inadequate and too slow, she was backed by Spiegel journalist Melanie Amann, who pointedly commented on Lindner's apparent corona shock: "Should I tell you directly?
Or do you want to wait ten days? ”And leaves no doubt that she is in favor of a nationwide lockdown - a measure that has been made legally impossible for the time being due to the end of the emergency situation.
In the end, Manuela Schwesig would like to get rid of something else: "That we get the tax-free bonus for all intensive care workers." In other words: up to 5000 euros more per year.
Schwesig: "That would also be a signal for the intensive care units."
Conclusion of the "Anne Will" talk
“The old government points to the new.
The new on the old ", Anne Will comments on the discussion of her guests and criticizes that the traffic lights run the risk of losing" a lot of trust "of the citizens.
But maybe it is also a little asking to be able to completely “solve” a problem like an aggressive virus.
(
Verena Schulemann)
