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Brussels / Munich (dpa) - Bavaria has rejected the EU's criticism of the corona-related border controls, for example to the Czech Republic and Tyrol.
"The border controls are not disproportionate, they are necessary," said State Chancellor Florian Herrmann (CSU) on Tuesday after a meeting of the Bavarian cabinet in Munich.
The test certificates for travelers are urgently needed because mobility is fundamentally a major problem in a pandemic, since it contributes to the spread of the virus and mutations.
Some still did not understand that an entry of the South African variant, for example from Tyrol, to the British variant, which is already increasingly present in Bavaria, would again lead to "enormous difficulties" in this country, Herrmann emphasized.
In addition, one has to see that the incidence in the Czech Republic is in some cases 1400, so one must take the risk from entries from other countries "extremely seriously".
In general, laboratory tests are already showing how much the virus variants are already spreading in Bavaria, said Herrmann.
In a laboratory in Munich last week, mutations were detected in 151 of 363 positive samples.
That is 41.4 percent - by comparison in the third calendar week, the proportion of virus mutations was still 6.3 percent.
The associated risk must also be taken into account with any relaxation, "because we do not want to risk a loss of control."
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In a letter of complaint to the German EU ambassador Michael Clauß in Brussels, the EU Commission recently criticized the tightened entry rules for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Tyrol.
Several requirements are disproportionate or unfounded, said Monday's letter.
The EU Commission now expects a response within ten working days.
In theory, it could initiate legal proceedings against Germany, but this is unlikely due to the ongoing pandemic.
Similar letters were sent to Belgium, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
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