How does the traffic light decide in the corona crisis?
At the weekend, a federal lockdown is even discussed - traffic light representatives give a deadline for new decisions.
The traffic light coalition of the SPD, FDP and the Greens wants to name the remaining ministerial posts in the coming week.
CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt is now submitting an offer to chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz.
(
Update from November 28, 6:12 p.m.
)
With Anne Will, Annalena Baerbock (Greens) speaks out for Tuesday as the deadline: The reason is the pending decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the federal lockdown (
update from November 28, 10:10 p.m.
).
You can read all the news about political decisions relating to the corona pandemic in this ticker.
Update from November 28th, 10:10 pm
: "After Tuesday we have to see whether all countries have taken all the necessary measures," said Annalena Baerbock (Greens) in the ARD talk "Anne Will".
She wants to wait for the judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court on the federal emergency brake, which will be made on Tuesday (
see update from November 28, 9:10 p.m.
).
"I hear that in Baden-Württemberg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the whole register is being pulled out," said Baerbock.
"If we find that some countries have not done everything, then we have to act," she added, without setting an exact date for the next prime ministerial conference.
“We have to make sure that we get the situation under control, across all parties, in the next week,” is the clearest statement that Baerbock can elicit from Anne Will.
Traffic light: Palmer paints a gloomy picture of the corona situation - Lindner considers the framework of measures to be sufficient
Update from November 28, 9:58 p.m
.: Even with Anne Will (ARD), FDP boss Christian Lindner
insists
that the available measures are sufficient.
"I think it's a logistics and management problem," said Lindner, referring to the "many millions" of upcoming booster vaccinations.
The establishment of a crisis team under the direction of a Bundeswehr general is therefore correct.
At the same time, the Liberal agreed to the need for efforts and restrictions.
"Anyone who can give an injection in a medically responsible manner should do so in the next few weeks," said Lindner.
“I'm a big fan of football, but with the stadiums now full, it won't work.
I am happy when people celebrate in clubs, but that is not possible either, ”he said.
Meanwhile, the prominent Green Boris Palmer
painted a bleak picture of the corona situation in the country
in an interview with
Münchner Merkur
.
"We have a huge problem in the clinics and with restrictions for parts of society," he said.
The threatening measures and effects are so serious "that I consider compulsory vaccination to be the lesser evil".
Traffic light coalition will probably wait for the decision of the Constitutional Court on the federal emergency brake
Update from November 28th, 9.10 p.m
.: Could even a nationwide Corona emergency brake come? Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) made this request on Sunday. In Berlin, however, it was heard at the weekend that the traffic lights wanted to wait for a groundbreaking judgment on Tuesday. The
Süddeutsche Zeitung
reports
. The background: On Tuesday the Federal Constitutional Court will decide whether the so-called federal emergency brake was constitutional or not.
Among the Ampel coalitionists, the FDP in particular is likely to have stomach ache when it comes to rigid measures - it had repeatedly spoken out against curfews and contact restrictions in the past year.
The federal emergency brake came into force in the case of particularly high incidences and had resulted in strict restrictions.
Among other things, the future FDP Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger had already pointed out at the weekend that the current Infection Protection Act already offered "far-reaching opportunities".
The traffic light corona crisis team is to be headed by Bundeswehr General Carsten Breuer
Update from November 28, 8:24 p.m
.: The corona crisis team planned by the future government is to be headed by a Bundeswehr general. FDP boss Christian Lindner said that on Sunday evening on ARD. Specifically, it could be the 56-year-old Major General Carsten Breuer, as reported by the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
. Breuer is the commander of the Bundeswehr Territorial Tasks Command, which is responsible for domestic operations by the armed forces. SPD leader Saskia Esken wrote on Twitter on Sunday evening that the staff would be set up "shortly".
Lindner demanded: "We have to move from talking to decisive action." For example, better logistics for vaccination are necessary.
The finance minister-designate also demanded a significant reduction in contacts.
In view of the pandemic, he was disturbed by images of full football stadiums.
"Such leisure events cannot take place at this time in this dimension," said the FDP boss.
Söder calls vaccination compulsory “only chance” - designated Green Minister wants stronger restrictions
Update from November 28, 7:16 p.m
.: Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has reiterated his call for mandatory vaccination.
“At the beginning I was skeptical about the general compulsory vaccination because it essentially contradicts my liberal understanding of the state.
But the only chance to get out of this endless loop is to be vaccinated, ”said Söder on Sunday evening on ARD.
Once decided, the compulsory vaccination could also end the social division.
For stronger restrictions - without closing schools and daycare centers - the designated Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Anne Spiegel (Greens), speaks out.
"The health system is clearly reaching its limits," she said, also on ARD.
It needs more contact restrictions.
The traffic light receives an offer from Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) on the "epidemic emergency"
Update from November 28, 6:12 p.m
.: CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt continues to increase the pressure on the new traffic light coalition in the Corona crisis.
“It was a serious mistake by the traffic light parties to end the epidemic situation,” Dobrindt (CSU) told
Münchner Merkur
on Sunday evening
.
"Now important parts are missing in the instrument box in order to fight against the impending overload of the health system."
The Upper Bavarian turned to the future Federal Chancellor with an offer: “I offer Olaf Scholz to correct this mistake in a special session this week in the German Bundestag and to resolve the epidemic situation again.
The Union faction is ready for this. "
“We have to have all the tools available, contacts have to be reduced further and quickly.
An early start of the Christmas holidays in schools or even sharper shutdowns in hotspot regions should not be a taboo, ”added Dobrindt.
Traffic light without health minister: Holetschek (CSU) suggests Karl Lauterbach (SPD)
First report from November 28th, 5:59 p.m
.: Berlin / Munich - waiting for the traffic light: At the beginning of December, the SPD wants to appoint its ministers. The fact that the SPD, of all people, which is responsible for the Ministry of Health after an agreement with the Greens and the FDP, is still hesitant in view of the difficult Corona situation, upsets many political opponents. "The fact that the traffic light is not able to name a future boss for the Federal Ministry of Health is shameful these days," said Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) of
Bild am Sonntag
.
Holetschek intervened directly - and suggested a well-known name: the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach.
"Lauterbach is an experienced doctor and epidemiologist who, as a corona specialist, was always on the team with caution and caution," said Holetschek.
Traffic light in the Corona criticism: Lauterbach warns of Omikron
Lauterbach recently called for further restrictions on public life.
He referred to the fact that the omicron mutant was apparently more contagious than the previously prevalent delta variant.
On Saturday, the future Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) also spoke of not wanting to completely rule out a lockdown.
On Sunday, in view of observations by a doctor from South Africa, Lauterbach wrote that the new variant could even bring advantages.
The doctor had reported milder courses in patients infected with Omikron.
“It would really be an early Christmas present if Omikron went easier.
With so many mutations it would be conceivable, ”wrote Lauterbach on Twitter.
But then he restricted: “But be careful: what speaks against it: in SA only 6% are over 65 years old.
Germany is the oldest country in Europe with many chronically ill people. "
Greens and Corona: Minister candidate Özdemir now for mandatory vaccination
The scientific society Leopoldina demands, among other things, immediate contact restrictions also for vaccinated persons and faster booster vaccinations. "The situation is more serious than most believe," said Markus Söder (CSU) after the warnings from the Leopoldina - and joined the demands. If it were up to Bavaria's Minister of Health Holetschek, the ministers of health would consult again at the beginning of this week.
And the traffic lights will continue to be concerned about vaccination requirements.
On Sunday, the prospective Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir (Greens) said: "The taboo compulsory vaccination cannot be a taboo," he said on Deutschlandfunk.
“To those who do not want to be vaccinated, I say, freedom also goes hand in hand with responsibility.
We will not allow those who behave in a disciplined manner, who believe in science, who do not believe that the earth is flat, that they continue to suffer from those who believe that they enjoy special rights. "(
Dpa / AFP / kat
)