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Düsseldorf (AP) - North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) supports the Union's push for more federal rights in the fight against the corona pandemic.
"Unfortunately, the past few days and weeks have shown that there is no consensus among the countries on essential issues," said the CDU federal chairman of the German press agency.
But action must be taken.
"Therefore, I think the proposal from the Union parliamentary group is correct that the federal government can establish the basic rules of virus control in this critical phase of the third wave."
Specifically, this means that distance requirements, mask requirements, exit and contact restrictions should be regulated nationwide, according to Laschet.
The individual countries would have to continue to take responsibility for measures to combat pandemics that would have no transnational effects.
"People in the south are not interested in whether a museum is open in the north," says Laschet.
The pandemic situation on site is decisive.
The prime ministerial conference is also “not a place for micromanagement”, criticized Laschet.
According to Laschet, it should focus on the issues that actually need to be coordinated across national borders.
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Previously, three CDU members of the Bundestag had proposed to give the federal government the opportunity to implement the same measures nationwide in the fight against pandemics by means of a statutory ordinance.
The initiative of MPs Norbert Röttgen, Johann Wadephul and Yvonne Magwas had found a good 50 supporters in the Union parliamentary group by Thursday afternoon.
Protest against it came mainly from the SPD Prime Minister.
According to the "Bild" newspaper, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is also thinking specifically about changing the Infection Protection Act.
She had already announced this before Easter and complained that the Corona emergency brake agreed at the beginning of March was not being implemented by some countries.
She had also criticized Laschet among other things.
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