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Michael Müller (SPD)

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Berlin's former governing mayor Michael Müller (SPD) can imagine an amnesty for particularly absurd Corona offenses. The current member of the Bundestag told the Berlin “Tagesspiel”: “We know from today’s perspective that some measures were not as compelling as we thought. That's why you can also think about an amnesty. However, it would have to be legally comprehensible as to which procedures are being stopped and why. Clear criteria would be needed for this.”

Some measures during the pandemic were excessive, Müller said in the interview. In Berlin, for example, a man received a fine because he was traveling with six other people during the lockdown, as the “Tagesspiel” writes. But there is no need for an apology from the state, says Müller.

During the pandemic, the SPD politician was a chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference, which regularly argued about measures in the states. The processing of this time was most recently carried out by the

Publication of the Robert Koch Institute's consultation minutes heated up again.

FDP Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki called the RKI “a scientific facade for political decisions.” Müller contradicts this in the interview. “The minutes make it clear that the RKI was also uncertain on some issues, positions have changed, the scientific basis only came over time because this pandemic was something unprecedented,” says Müller. The minutes showed “how seriously and deeply science and politics dealt with their decisions and the consequences.”

While the FDP in the Bundestag is pushing for a study commission to deal with the pandemic, many among the Greens and the SPD believe other options make more sense. Müller believes that a commission “can be a good instrument because it can go deep into the issues with a lot of expertise.” But such a committee lasts for days. »If we set up the study commission by the end of the year, we may not have a result until 2029, at the end of the next legislative period. I wonder whether we don't need to work on things more quickly - also in view of the risks that lie ahead."

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