Country demands power from Scholz because of corona measures

Created: 06/21/2022, 10:58 am

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), recorded during an interview with the dpa.

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Due to the threatening corona wave in autumn, Baden-Württemberg is pushing for quick precautions and is demanding a word of power from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in the dispute with the FDP.

"It must be very clear that we will no longer let the FDP dance around on our noses," said Stuttgart Health Minister Manne Lucha (Greens) of the German Press Agency.

Stuttgart - "There must now be a federal political power word." The traffic light must present an amendment to the Infection Protection Act before the summer break and thus enable any necessary measures such as contact bans.

It now depends on the responsible government parties in Berlin.

"SPD and Greens simply have to assert themselves against the FDP on this point." For Lucha it is clear: "The FDP is not our benchmark when it comes to fighting the pandemic, but the responsible handling of people's health."

The Green politician went on to say that the countries must be able to prepare for a possible corona wave in good time.

"We want the legal basis for a ban on contact, the obligation to wear masks indoors and for 2G and 3G measures that we can enact if the risk of infection is so great that the healthcare system is threatened to be overloaded again." That's better than in the event of having to close everything again after a major outbreak.

“We want to be able to react in good time to prevent economic, social, cultural and, above all, school life from coming to a complete standstill again.

So these are purely preventive measures.” dpa