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Since prejudgments are forbidden, the conduct of the Union parliamentary group leader Georg Nüßlein cannot be at issue here, not yet.

The public prosecutor's office is trying to find out what the CSU health expert has or has not done in this delicate matter.

What can and must be said against is this: The news from Thursday that a leading German politician in connection with the Corona measures is being investigated on suspicion of corruption, that his offices have been examined, that the Bundestag has his Has lifted immunity, this news is in itself a serious setback in the overall social struggle against the pandemic, the impact of which is not yet foreseeable.

How often has the simple fact been repeated in the past few months that the most important resource against an invisible virus is trust.

This is more than just an empty phrase: All the large and small hygiene requirements in daily life, to which everyone had to get used to, will only be accepted as long as people are convinced of their effectiveness.

Even the most powerful vaccine can only make a difference if someone can be found to be given, see AstraZeneca.

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The ability of families to suffer in lockdown, the stamina of countless companies in crisis mode, the whole mood in the country stands or falls with the trust that is placed in the people involved: the scientists, but above all the political decision-makers.

This trust has long since started to crumble.

Management mistakes in the vaccination campaign and confusing government communications about ever new targets for incidence have sown doubts.

Initial surveys show that approval of the everyday restrictions that have persisted for months is declining.

The mood is tipping.

It is this atmosphere of growing exhaustion and demoralization in which even the investigation of Georg Nüßlein threatens to have a devastating effect, tragically regardless of its outcome.

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Something always sticks, as they say, except that in this case not only the individual CSU politician, but the political class as a whole can be damaged: The mere suspicion that their judgment in the current crisis could be clouded by the personal interests of individuals, undermines the authority of the entire German corona policy.

For Nüßlein and the CSU, the only thing that can be done now is to credibly refute the allegations as quickly as possible if they want to maintain the people's trust.

So what's left of it.

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Source: WORLD