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Augsburg (dpa) - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned the Federal Government to be proportionate to the tightened Corona border controls.
"General border closings are problematic," said the CDU politician of the "Augsburger Allgemeine".
In the worst case, this would shut down the social infrastructure of a neighboring country.
Therefore, it is good that Germany has introduced exceptions.
The intra-European dispute over border closings to contain the pandemic is also the subject of an online EU summit this Thursday.
The background to this are stricter entry rules, also from Germany.
The Federal Republic has declared the Czech Republic, Slovakia and large parts of Tyrol to be so-called virus variant areas.
From there, only Germans and foreigners with a residence and residence permit in Germany are allowed to enter.
There are exceptions for truck drivers and commuters.
Another topic of the video conference is the efforts to accelerate vaccination campaigns within the EU.
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Von der Leyen promised in the interview that the situation would "noticeably improve" in the coming months.
Europe will make up for its lag compared to countries like Great Britain.
"We're catching up."
She declared the dispute with the vaccine manufacturers over.
She herself would be vaccinated “without hesitation” with the vaccine from the Swedish-British manufacturer Astrazeneca.
At the same time, the Commission President opposed the idea of increasing the interval between the administration of the two vaccine doses in order to be able to vaccinate more people at least once more quickly.
"I think it's risky to simply postpone the second vaccination," she said.
"We should adhere to the specifications that the manufacturers determined in their extensive clinical tests."
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