One of the sharpest clashes during the entire corona pandemic broke out between the federal and state governments on Thursday.

The federal states see a break with the federal states in the amendment to the Infection Protection Act.

“So far we have worked well together for more than two years.

There are no rational reasons why the federal government is breaking up like this," Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) accused the federal government.

There had never been such a way of dealing with the countries, all instruments had now been taken out of their hands.

Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) said that this procedure would even put the crown on the federal emergency brake.

Heike Schmoll

Political correspondent in Berlin, responsible for “Bildungswelten”.

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As the FAZ learned, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder launched a frontal attack on the Federal Minister of Health and accused him: "Mr.

The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer (SPD), also criticized the fact that even simple measures such as wearing a mask would be abolished.

That was against the expert advice and wrong.

"The pandemic is not over," said Dreyer.

Even if the federal states are very angry about the amendment to the Infection Protection Act, they will probably agree in the Bundesrat on Friday, because a veto would mean that they would be left without any protective measures from Monday.

When in doubt, they consider both the basic measures and the hotspot regulation to be better than nothing.

However, they consider the hotspot regulation to be completely unsuitable because the draft law lacks threshold values ​​that could serve as a guideline for quick reactions to rising incidences.

Bavaria is considering declaring the entire Free State as a corona hotspot.

It remains to be seen whether such regulations will stand up in court due to the vague specifications in the Infection Protection Act.

The large, non-city states have criticized the fact that the parliamentary scrutiny to identify regional hotspots is very difficult to achieve.

The countries are appealing to everyone to wear masks indoors, even without a legal framework, to protect themselves and others.

They quickly demand information on updating the Corona Test Ordinance.

The work quarantine must also be discussed in advance between the federal and state governments.

If the infection situation worsens, the Bundestag must quickly and immediately discuss another amendment to the Infection Protection Act.

The FDP had assured the other two traffic light coalition partners in the federal government that they would be willing to do so, provided that the situation deteriorated significantly.

Most countries are determined to make full use of the transition period until early April.

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD), who had to bow to the FDP’s demands for easing just like the Greens, had hoped for the federal states before the Prime Ministers’ Conference (MPK).

"What I would wish for would be for the state governments to agree on a uniform approach within the framework of the new Infection Protection Act, for example at MPK meetings."