In the Prime Minister’s Conference (MPK) stands out after the words of the deputy chairman Michael Müller (SPD) a majority for a further legal safeguarding of the corona protective measures. “I assume that there is – perhaps not entirely unanimously – but a large majority of the country colleagues who say: Yes, that’s exactly what we need – at least one transitional arrangement,” said Berlin’s outgoing mayor on Friday in an ARD interview .
The prime ministers of the federal states will end their annual meeting on Friday on the Petersberg in Koenigswinter near Bonn. Before the start of the consultations, Müller said that a lot had been achieved in the corona pandemic, in particular through the progress made in vaccinations. “Only: we can’t sit back.” You can see that in an international comparison. “We want to avoid that, precisely because we have come such a difficult road behind us, but have now achieved so much, we don’t want to gamble it away lightly.”
So far, with the federal resolution, there has been a uniform legal framework for all states. “And in this respect we have said, in the last few months and also now: It is good that we continue to have this legal framework, especially in the situation before winter, which enables everyone to implement the measures that we consider appropriate to be able to. “
The MPK has now formulated a proposal and will continue to discuss it on Friday. It is stated in it that one does not want an exit from the decision-making situation overnight, but at least wishes for transitional measures or at least certain individual measures at the federal level that make it possible to continue working with the distance and hygiene rules, mask requirements and contact restrictions. “That is important to us,” said Berlin’s head of government. The countries need legal security for their Corona protective measures.