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A week without major new tightening and certainly without loosening.

There is really not much to discuss anew for the guests at Maischberger.

The presenter has therefore got literary support for the show with Elke Heidenreich this time.

When asked about some politicians by Maischberger, the writer pulls off the leather.

The SPD politician Karl Lauterbach also comes into the line of fire.

The Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) had previously accused him of stirring up fear among people.

Sandra Maischberger in the studio with the guests: Jan Fleischhauer, Maren Kroymann and Oliver Köhr (from left to right)

Source: WDR / Max Kohr

Neither cabaret artist Maren Kroymann nor Jan Fleischhauer can understand the relaxation of the contact restrictions over the Christmas period.

The journalist reports on the program how he was unable to say goodbye to his late father because of Corona.

The ARD capital correspondent Oliver Köhr complains about the government's lack of explanations about its decisions.

The loosest guest on the show

The show culminated shortly before the end with Elke Heidenreich.

The writer is probably the most entertaining guest who has made it onto a talk show since the beginning of the pandemic.

First Heidenreich chats with Maischberger about Angela Merkel's dress style - “jacket with three buttons.

Great".

Then about too short camel hair coats for men: "Everything I see is bourgeois" - and leggings for women: "A little skirt should be worn over them."

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Finally, the presenter shows pictures of several politicians and wants to know Heidenreich's opinion.

Markus Söder?

“That's the person who is incarnate,” says Heidenreich, “if he's in the room, there's definitely a smell of sulfur.” And Olaf Scholz?

“Actually like Angela Merkel, but so boring.

A little more pepper would be nice, wouldn't it? ”Karl Lauterbach?

"It gets on my nerves like that," says the author, imitating the voice of the member of the Bundestag, "I'm glad I don't have to discuss it with him."

The corona duel of the evening

FDP politician Wolfgang Kubicki is not spared from this.

"He understands a little more about viruses and I a little more about law," said the Bundestag Vice President about Lauterbach.

Kubicki laments too much alarmism.

He pulls out a tweet from the SPD politician in which he warned a year ago that there would be no regular classes in schools.

“That was Lauterbach.

Fourth of May.

That is documented, ”the FDP man lists.

The declining confidence of Germans found in a new study also has to do with the fact that they are constantly being scared.

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Lauterbach doesn't feel responsible: “Hardly anyone understood it that way.” In addition, normal school operations are still not possible.

"I was right about that," said the member of the Bundestag.

Kubicki strikes back: "Mr. Lauterbach can not seriously say what will be in February next year." "Thank God we did a lot more than the FDP suggested," says Lauterbach.

After all, there is agreement on one point.

Both want to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

The unanswered question of the broadcast

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Why aren't people in old people's and nursing homes better protected?

"I think that we have prepared really badly for the current situation," says Fleischhauer.

While the incidences went down in younger people, they would go up in the elderly.

This would "ruin the statistics".

“Where is the quick test that Mr. Drosten said in October was the game changer?” Asks the journalist.

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Lauterbach also confirms the effectiveness of the tests.

Two tests per week on staff and residents in nursing homes would "probably dramatically reduce" mortality there.

However, this has not yet worked sufficiently.

Lauterbach cannot say why either.

Fleischhauer made it clear that the residents' relatives also suffer from the lack of measures.

The journalist describes how he and his brother could no longer say goodbye to their father because of the corona restrictions.

He died in May of this year.

The sense of the Christmas relaxation

The contact restrictions will be relaxed over the Christmas holidays.

Kroymann thinks that's wrong.

“Pinch your ass cheeks,” says the cabaret artist, “it's better to leave the shutdown.” This time, being able to work again earlier is more important than Christmas for many people.

Fleischhauer is also against the loosening: "This exaggeration of the Christmas party does not make sense to me." Söder said "with tremolo in his voice" that as many people die every day as in a plane crash.

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Christmas should be a good time.

“That is of course crazy,” says the journalist.

In Merkel, the pastor's daughter came through with the length of her term of office.

Fleischhauer also does not make the distinction between Christmas and New Year's Eve.

“New Year's Eve as a pagan custom, people don't need that,” jokes Fleischhauer.

Due to her age, Merkel now has a lack of understanding for younger people.

The political long-runner

The agreement on the women's quota came as a bit of a surprise.

At the end of November, the grand coalition agreed on a quota on the boards of stock exchange-oriented companies.

With three or more members, 30 percent of the positions must be occupied by women.

Kroymann thinks the decision is right.

“I've always been bothered by the negative use of the word quota woman,” says the cabaret artist.

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“I don't think that equality will be promoted in Germany because there are now 300 more millionaires sitting on boards,” says Fleischhauer.

Nothing changes for normal people.

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The journalist Köhr believes that the Union's possible candidates for chancellor will no longer be able to avoid this topic in the future.

"The Union parties have found that it will not work without young voters, for whom this topic is also important," says Köhr.