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Berlin (dpa) - FDP party and parliamentary group leader Christian Lindner has asked the federal and state governments to present an opening perspective for trade, for example, in the coming week.
Lindner referred to a “significantly declining infection rate”.
According to the FDP, after consultations with the Bundestag faction with representatives of the trade, he said: "The trade now needs liquidity and an open perspective - and no slogans to persevere.
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In order to avert a wave of bankruptcies, openings must now be regionally differentiated and begin with the demanding hygiene concepts of the trade. "
A nationwide uniform and reliable roadmap is needed for an orderly way out of lockdown.
The lockdown with the closure of restaurants and many retail stores was recently extended by the federal and state governments to March 7th.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the prime ministers of the federal states want to discuss how to proceed on March 3rd.
According to the FDP, the general manager of the German Retail Association, Stefan Genth, said that the retail sector needed a realistic and timely exit perspective from the lockdown.
“With the appropriate hygiene concepts, fighting pandemics and open shops are not a contradiction in terms.
This is shown by the experience before the lockdown and the inconspicuous number of illnesses in the open food trade.
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In addition, a study by the trade association for trade and goods logistics as well as the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shows that there is no increased risk of infection among employees in the industry.
“This applies all the more to customers who spend much less time in the shops.”
There is no objective reason not to reopen the trade according to a transparent step-by-step plan, said Genth.
“The first opening steps must be possible even with incidences higher than 50 or 35.
The political decision-makers urgently need to clear up the ambiguities about possible opening perspectives. "
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