display
Hanover (dpa / lni) - Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) is pushing for the state to be able to implement the pilot project to open up inner cities despite the planned federal emergency brake.
He would strongly advise the federal government to allow such models, Weil said in Hanover on Tuesday.
In the present draft of the Federal Government for the Infection Protection Act, however, this has not yet been clearly regulated.
"We need such models when numbers go down, but we still have to be very, very careful," said Weil.
How the model project, which is currently on hold, will continue in a number of cities in Lower Saxony will only be shown when the Federal Infection Protection Act is passed by the Bundestag - at the earliest in the middle of next week, said Weil.
It remains to be seen what will change now.
At the weekend, the state government of Lower Saxony and the central municipal associations agreed to wait with the model project, but there is no new start date yet.
The federal cabinet decided on Tuesday to amend the Federal Infection Protection Act - the so-called federal emergency brake.
The law should now pass the Bundestag and Bundesrat in a hurry.
In many regions, people have to adjust to strict measures based on binding nationwide guidelines.
display
"Lower Saxony stands by this emergency brake," emphasized Weil.
The country already has strict rules.
Because Lower Saxony has adhered to the lockdown more than other federal states, the tightening of the federal government for Lower Saxony is essentially not necessary.
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210413-99-187823 / 2