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Berlin (dpa) - Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier defends the decision by the federal and state governments to allow more contacts to be made to the population at Christmas and New Year's Eve despite the increased corona risk.
The state needs a certain degree of acceptance for its measures, said the CDU politician of the Funke media group (Sunday).
«A lot of people want to see each other again around Christmas time.
If we don't go into it, we'll have big problems. "
If things are relaxed at Christmas, then for good reasons.
But the risk increases.
"We are counting on people to behave sensibly despite the easing," he said.
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When asked whether the goal of having fewer than 50 infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days by Christmas could be achieved, he said it would not be easy.
"I also cannot rule out that we will not achieve our goal."
Bouffier reacted negatively to demands from federal politics that the states should contribute more to the follow-up costs of the crisis.
“The countries pay a lot - all the time.
Hessen alone has provided twelve billion euros.
The call that the countries should do something is objectively completely unfounded.
And I find the style unspeakable. "
As an example, he cited that the municipalities' business tax losses are being replaced, half by the federal government and half by the states.
"That's billions!" He said.
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