Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) calls for the corona policy to be processed.
But from the point of view of the Greens, he is playing into the hands of the AfD.
Right?
Berlin – The pandemic has lost its horror, but the Corona rules are causing trouble afterwards: A dispute has broken out in the traffic light coalition about the processing of the protective measures.
Criticism from the ranks of the Greens about a demand by FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki has now caused great outrage among the Liberals.
FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai complained that moving the Bundestag Vice-President close to the AfD was a "bottomless cheek".
Traffic light Zoff about Corona teaching: Greens move Kubicki close to the AfD
Trigger for the excitement: The FDP wants to have the federal government’s corona policy reviewed in an inquiry commission.
Party deputy leader Wolfgang Kubicki presented a paper for this a few weeks ago - but apparently without a vote within the government factions.
The approach was not particularly well received by the Greens.
In an interview, the Greens health expert Janosch Dahmen revealed his skepticism about the plan to learn lessons from the pandemic.
He told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung
that an inquiry commission involved a great deal of effort, bureaucracy and costs
.
There is a danger that in the end it will be more of a struggle for interpretation sovereignty and subsequent blame, and that further public trust will be lost.
Then Dahmen added: “During the pandemic, Wolfgang Kubicki repeatedly took extreme positions and tried to use rhetoric that was partly close to the AfD to talk about a social split.
I lack the imagination to believe that he of all people is interested in serious, forward-looking work-up.”
Dispute over commission of inquiry: Green criticism of Kubicki sparks outcry on Twitter
A storm of indignation broke out in the FDP on Wednesday (April 26).
The aim of a Corona Enquete Commission must be for politicians to work through their mistakes in the pandemic and draw conclusions from them, Secretary General Djir-Sarai made clear in an interview with the
dpa
news agency .
Apparently, "people like Mr. Dahmen are afraid of exactly that".
And the debate was also heated on Twitter: pushing unwelcome opinions into a certain corner is nothing new, wrote the liberal member of the Bundestag Gerald Ulrich.
"Being self-critical about your own work during #Corona is not for everyone.
The sharp tone that Mr. #Dahmen brings in here says more about him than #Kubicki."
During the corona pandemic, Wolfgang Kubicki had repeatedly criticized the federal government.
In his opinion, many measures such as curfews or permanent mask requirements were not proportionate.
At the presentation of the FDP paper, he subsequently condemned again that critical voices about the government's course during the pandemic had not been heard enough.
For example, paediatricians warned early on about the effects of long school closures, but schools in Germany were still completely or partially closed on 183 days, longer "than in any other country in the world," the daily mirror quoted him as
saying
.
Corona rules: Lauterbach admits mistakes - Kubicki demands resignation
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) recently admitted to mistakes in dealing with the corona pandemic.
"What was nonsense, if I can speak so freely, these rules are out there," said the Social Democrat in Markus Lanz's ZDF talk show, referring to the temporary ban on going jogging without a mask.
Kubicki then suggested that the minister resign.
Traffic light coalition: The Scholz cabinet at a glance
Traffic light coalition: The Scholz cabinet at a glance
It remains to be seen whether the Corona rules will subsequently be the subject of a review.
25 percent of the members of the Bundestag would have to agree for the appointment of the commission of inquiry.
It is questionable whether this will come about.
Since the FDP had not coordinated the advance in the coalition, according to media reports, the interest of the SPD and Greens is extremely low - especially since the Social Democrats were jointly responsible in the government for crisis management and have little desire for further traffic light escalation with the Liberals .
So far, only the CDU has signaled its willingness to agree.
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jkf
)