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Wolfgang Kubicki in the Bundestag at the end of November
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The deputy FDP chairman Wolfgang Kubicki sharply criticized Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) – and accused weakness in the management of his department.
"To be honest, I don't assume that Karl Lauterbach will remain in office as Minister of Health for the entire legislative period," Kubicki told the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" and the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten".
»The SPD itself is completely annoyed by Lauterbach.
If you ask around the employees of his house, the frustration can no longer be topped.
People ask which Twitter channel they have to use to know what the minister wants.” Kubicki also explained: “Lauterbach is getting bogged down.
He can't run the house."
The government made up of SPD, Greens and FDP began work almost a year ago.
Olaf Scholz took his oath of office as Chancellor on December 8, 2021.
After the enthusiasm at the beginning, there was a crunch between the three parties - especially from the FDP, after defeats in state elections, critical voices came to cooperation.
Criticism also came from Bavaria's Health Minister Klaus Holetschek on Monday.
In the debate about the obligation to wear masks in long-distance transport, the CSU politician called on Lauterbach to move away from his “basta mentality” if he was interested in a uniform regulation.
Holetschek told the editorial network Germany: "I see personal responsibility as the leitmotif of this late Corona phase.
That's why I expect that we will waive the obligation to wear masks in public transport as soon as it makes sense."
On Monday, the federal and state health ministers want to deal with the obligation to wear masks on buses and trains and the obligation to isolate people infected with corona.
They connect digitally to the consultations.
Most recently, there had been no uniform line among the transport ministers on the obligation to wear masks in public transport.
Some countries wanted to abolish the obligation as early as January 1st, others only after the winter due to the continuing tense situation in the pandemic, according to the conference of transport ministers last Tuesday.
It remains to be seen whether the health ministers will find common ground.
aar/dpa