The irritation about the prolongation of the pandemic situation should be reason enough to rethink federalism.
About its purpose.
And not with the aim of hollowing it out, but to make it clear that the real strength of this country lies in its federal state.
If it were lived.
It is clear that a national emergency and a pandemic situation concern everyone, and that the federal government must set the framework here.
But it is long time that prime ministers and state parliaments see their purpose not only in participating in rounds organized by the Federal Chancellery and in adopting identical rules.
The principle that everything has to be settled on site first makes good sense.
Because the crisis looks different everywhere.
And combating them must be based on the respective risk situation.
Squinting at the head office, begging for uniform rules and the runaway of powers is the opposite of politics.
The state parliaments are parliaments and the prime ministers govern states in a federation.
You have the right to legislate and are there for security.
It's actually hard to imagine that a cabinet post in Berlin is more desirable.
Actually.