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Dresden (dpa / sn) - Despite criticism, Saxony wants to agree to the planned changes to the Infection Protection Act.
State Chancellor Oliver Schenk (CDU) made this clear on Tuesday after the cabinet meeting in Dresden.
"As the state government, we accept the law and see the need, in view of the high incidence values - above all the increasing occupancy in hospitals - to come to a nationwide approach".
Nevertheless, one does not agree with some individual regulations.
said Schenk.
Saxony also wanted to record this in a protocol note.
As points of criticism, he named, among other things, the regulations on night curfew and the consequences for schools and daycare centers if the weekly incidence exceeds 100.
In the afternoon, the state parliament debated the Infection Protection Act at the request of the AfD.
The AfD wanted to get Saxony's government opposed to the federal emergency brake in the Federal Council.
AfD party and parliamentary group leader Jörg Urban sees the law as an "anti-constitutional frontal attack on the fundamental rights of citizens" and on the federal structure in Germany.
While the AfD rejects the law in principle, representatives of the other groups, like Schenk, expressed criticism on individual points.
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Instead of “painting the fall of federalism on the wall in a populist way”, Saxony will make its position clear in the democratic process provided for this purpose and get involved, said Schenk, referring to the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
The AfD's application entitled “Federalism preserved - No to the loss of country competence through the Infection Protection Act” did not find a majority.
The AfD had insisted on a roll-call vote.
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