The loud noise that you can hear all over the country at the moment: that is the thread of patience that many retailers break with a loud crack.

The electronics retailer Mediamarkt-Saturn, the fashion chains Breuninger and Peek & Cloppenburg (Düsseldorf) and the hardware store operator Obi have gone to court - and want to fight in this way that their stores are allowed to reopen.

The judiciary is supposed to help defend entrepreneurial freedom against the power of the Infection Protection Act.