Munich (dpa) – Before the new federal-state consultations on the corona crisis, opposition parties in Bavaria have signaled their basic support for an extension of the lockdown. Several parliamentary group leaders rejected a tightening of the contact restrictions – on the other hand, they demanded significantly more home office than before. Only the AfD wants the end of all lockdown regulations.
“The situation is still very serious, the mutations of the virus make me very worried,” said Greens parliamentary group leader Katharina Schulze of the German press agency and drew the following comparison: “We are in a situation like a very slow flood. There is building you don’t remove the sheet piling and get the sandbags in, but only when the levels are close to normal again. ” In private life, however, you have “almost the maximum that people can achieve”. However, Schulze demanded a legal right to work from home and a special Corona occupational health and safety regulation.
SPD parliamentary group leader Horst Arnold said: “From my point of view, the contact restrictions must be extended. However, I don’t see any scope for deepening, especially in the private sector – but with home offices.” Less contact at work and on the way to work also meant fewer infections. Arnold also emphasized that all measures had to be checked for effectiveness and scientifically justified. The SPD is critical of the 15-kilometer rule for day trips to hotspots, which it also has a judicial review, and the night curfew.
FDP parliamentary group leader Martin Hagen said: “We have already turned the screw a long way with the current contact restrictions. Additional tightening only cost acceptance and thus does more harm than good.” The state is now obliged to do its homework, for example when protecting old people’s and nursing homes, ensuring Corona-safe school lessons or working from home in the public sector. And because the greatest danger is currently posed by mutations, genome sequencing capacities must be expanded and used.
The AfD parliamentary group leader Katrin Ebner-Steiner criticized that the previous measures had not shown any significant effect. This makes clear the order of the state government that the so-called everyday masks now have to be replaced by FFP2 masks. “In addition, there is no scientific evaluation of the previous measures, and numerous well-known scientists do not consider the lockdown to be effective.” In view of this “lack of plan”, she called for “the complete withdrawal of all lockdown regulations” and instead intensified protective measures for risk groups.
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