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FDP leader Christian Lindner demands clarification about plans by the Federal Chancellery to tighten the lockdown.
Apparently “a so-called mega-lockdown” is being prepared in the government headquarters, he told journalists on Friday in Berlin.
The public and the Bundestag were not informed about this, and the federal states were not involved either.
This approach was "not acceptable", emphasized Lindner.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) must inform both parliament and the public about “what she intends”.
This also includes disclosing "which data, which scientific facts" are the basis for the considerations.
According to statements by CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak, there are no plans to discontinue local public transport.
“There have been reports that politicians want to stop public transport completely.
That is of course not correct.
Nobody suggested that either, ”Ziemiak told RTL and ntv.
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According to several participants, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) rejected a report in the “Bild” newspaper, according to which the Chancellery was thinking about the suspension of local and long-distance public transport, as early as Thursday evening after online meetings of the CDU's top bodies.
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