The corona crisis affects all of us. Adidas no longer wants to pay rents. The SPD politician Florian Post reacts to this with a drastic action.
- The Corona virus* Aid package is intended to absorb the economic consequences of the crisis quickly and at short notice.
- The government and opposition have rarely been so united – however, there is new strife at EU level.
- Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on a podcast about the possible relaxation of the shutdown.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.
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1:57 p.m .: The armed forces has a plane on Sunday Northern Italy sent for more Covid-19 patients pick up. A spokesman for the Air Force announced that an Airbus A310 MedEvac flew from Cologne to Bergamo at noon six Italians for intensive treatment after Germany bring to. The Bundeswehr had already in the previous day in the Corona pandemic severely affected city picked up six patients and flew to Cologne. On Sunday, a Luftwaffe A400M transport plane took off for Strasbourg to pick up two patients who will be taken care of by the Bundeswehr hospital in Ulm.
Corona: Germany has brought back 160,000 Germans from abroad
11.44 a.m .: According to the Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) are because of Coronavirus pandemic so far more than 160,000 Germans brought back from abroad been. On Saturday evening he thanked everyone involved in the short message service Twitter who would have worked “incredibly hard” on it. Maas appealed to those who remained abroad: “Please be patient if we have not yet been able to help you.”
The Federal government estimates the number of those willing to return, mostly vacationers, to around 200,000. “We will continue,” tweeted Maas.
Initially, all EU countries had tried to bring their citizens home on their own, given the travel restrictions imposed by the pandemic. There is now coordination.
The Italian president now caused a smile among his compatriots thanks to a glitch in a TV speech about the corona virus.
Coronavirus: Klöckner is pressing for applications for asylum seekers in agriculture
11.18 p.m .: Given missingSeasonal workers in agriculture through the measures in the Corona crisis intrudes Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner (CDU) on that too Asylum seekers can work there quickly. Together with the Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU) if she wants to enable asylum seekers with a ban on employment to work in agriculture at short notice, Klöckner told the newspapers of the Funke media group on Sunday.
“Many come from safe countries of origin such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia or Montenegro and want to get involved, get involved,” said the CDU politician with conviction. She also pointed out that numerous helpers had already registered on the www.daslandhilft.de platform. “The rush is huge – there were over 30,000 advertisements in the first five days alone,” said Klöckner.
The mediation portal forHarvest workers in the Corona crisis was started on Tuesday on the website www.daslandhilft.de. It is intended to help replace seasonal workers from abroad who cannot come to Germany due to the pandemic. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture supports the portal.
“Harvesting and sowing cannot be postponed like a concert or sporting events,” emphasized Klöckner forth. Because of the lack of seasonal workers, many farmers are concerned. “We support them with a whole package of measures and try to win helping hands in Germany in the fields,” said the minister.
Corona crisis: SPD politician responds to Adidas announcement with drastic Instagram video
8.51 a.m .: On the Adidas announcement during the Corona crisis none Rent The Bavarian responded to wanting to pay more SPD politician Florian Post with an astonishing and extremely drastic action. The Upper Palatinate, who has been sitting in the Bundestag for the SPD since 2013, posted a video on Instagram in which he wore a polo shirt from Adidas burned in a ton. Post says in his video: “I believe that we have not passed our law to make Dax companies harmless.” One-sided the cost of Corona crisis To pass on to smaller landlords is “unsolidarial”.
“Therefore, I believe that you should rethink your consumer behavior especially after the crisis. I won’t wear Adidas things anymore. For this reason, I want to set an example. “
The response to the video is mostly negative. “So you cannot react even more stupidly as a politician with responsibility and pour even more oil into the fire,” writes one user. Another says: “Thank you for this constructive contribution. Is there anything better to do for a politician these days? “
Corona crisis: Scholz wants to make bonuses tax-free and shoots against Adidas and Deichmann
Update from March 29, 7.58 a.m .:Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) has announced in the corona-Crisis
Bonus payments for workers to 1500 Euro
tax free to deliver. “Many employers have already announced that they want to pay their employees a bonus. As Federal Minister of Finance, I will issue instructions on Monday that such a bonus of up to EUR 1,500 will be completely tax-free, ”said Scholz the
Picture on Sunday. “Many employees work under difficult conditions every day to take care of us – as a caregiver, at the supermarket checkout, as a hospital doctor, behind the truck steering wheel. We should honor this commitment. “
The finance minister was critical of the stop of rent payments for shops of large companies. “It is irritating when large companies simply announce a freeze on rent payments,” said Scholz. “Now is the time for cooperation. A good business relationship also includes communicating with each other in difficult times. My advice: put it together and consider together with the landlords or the suppliers how to get through this crisis. “
Previously, well-known retail companies had stopped paying rent for their branches in Germany due to the ordered closings. These include retail chains like Deichmann and H&M as well as brand manufacturers like Adidas.
Corona crisis: “Deadly danger to the EU” – Italy is attacking Merkel and Germany
News from March 28th:
Update at 4.20 p.m .: Given the threat of the corona virus, they are also growing Tensions within the EU. Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged the states to act quickly together and called for one Reconstruction plan for Europe. Emmanuel Macron, French President, made a similar statement, indirectly criticizing the German government. “We will not overcome this crisis without strong European solidarity on health and budgetary issues,” said the French head of state in an interview published in three major Italian newspapers (Corriere de la Serra, La Stampa and La Repubblica) appeared.
Nine EU countries, including France and Italy, wrote on Wednesday in a letter to EU Council President Charles Michel about a “common debt instrument” to combat the Corona crisis. Germany does not belong to this group: In this country you have been struggling for years against demands for Eurobonds* for communal debt.
Corona pandemic: Conte reports “hard confrontation” with Merkel
On Thursday, the heads of state and government advised in one Video conference on support for financially weak countries in the crisis. Merkel subsequently explained that she had made it clear to her council colleagues that she was creating so-called corona bonds do not support. For them, that is Euro rescue fund ESM “the preferred instrument because it was really created for times of crisis”.
Merkel announced a podcast from the home quarantine.
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According to Conte, there was a video conference “hard and open confrontation” with Angela Merkel. For him, the ESM is not the right instrument in the Fighting the corona virus. This was developed to help Member States with financial tensions associated with “asymmetrical shocks”. The coronavirus pandemic, on the other hand, caused a “symmetrical shock” and “unexpectedly” plunged the EU’s economic and social systems into depression.
The “entire European structure” could “lose its right to exist” if the EU makes wrong decisions now, warned Giuseppe Conte. He called on the EU to take immediate action so that future generations would not have to bear the “immense costs of a destroyed economy”.
“We want to be up to this challenge? Then let us put in place a large-scale plan, a ‘European Recovery and Reinvestment Plan’ that supports and revives the entire European economy,” said Conte, referring to the US Marshall Plan after the Second World War.
Corona crisis: ex-EU commission chief paints grim scenario
Emmanuel Macron also emphasized that the EU must act together, to the Cost of the corona crisis as part of the dissemination of the Sars-CoV-2 virus to shoulder. This could be done through a “common debt instrument” or an increase in the EU budget to support the worst affected countries. The sum is “secondary”, it is important to make a statement. Despite the “reluctance” of Germany and other countries, “we must continue this struggle,” said Macron.
We have to finally decide what we want. Take the next step or Europe is further apart. I’ve been freaking out for a long time, but I’m for the next step. So Eurobonds. In the end, it doesn’t matter how we carry the debt.
– Melolontha (@ Melolontha12) March 28, 2020
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Former EU Commission President Jacques Delors also warned of the effects of the crisis on the European community. “The climate that seems to exist between the heads of state and government and the lack of European solidarity a deadly threat to the European Union “, explained the Frenchman on Saturday. He headed the fortunes of the EU Commission from 1985 to 1995.
Corona crisis: criticism of possible interference with fundamental rights
Update at 12.53 p.m .: While Chancellor Angela Merkel the Germans from their domestic quarantine out to Be patient with the corona shutdown calls, takes in the federal government Discussion about the evaluation of cell phone data for the identification of corona infected people and their contact persons. The Federal Data Protection Officer Ulrich Kelber has now warned against access to cell phone data. When fighting the pandemic, “not to overturn fundamental rights“Reasoned Kelber his attitude towards the newspapers of the Funke media group.
He also said that the infrastructure for collecting mobile data in Germany is “far too imprecise” to allow conclusions to be drawn about the whereabouts of infected people or their contact persons. “If a project is unsuitable, you no longer have to talk about possible encroachments on fundamental rights,” emphasized Kelber.
Instead, the data protection officer recommended “Voluntary measures”to be able to remove the contact blocks as quickly as possible. For example, a App in Singapore record on the user’s device where he is currently located. Through technologies like Bluetooth can be determined how close you get to other users of the app. “And if you find that you have become infected, you can be Share movement profile and inform contacts“Said Kelber. Such an app will be used in the Robert Koch Institute already worked.
Corona crisis: politicians discuss the use of cell phone data
Another assessment was made on Saturday by the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Stephan Mayer (CSU), With. He has for the use of mobile phone data to combat the spread of the coronavirus more effectively pronounced. The CSU politician emphasized on Deutschlandfunk that it would make sense if the movement profiles of the contact persons of infected people could be better tracked in this way. This does not mean that data protection needs to be shelved, Mayer dismissed concerns expressed by Kelber. In one, however, he agrees with the data protection officer: Mayer also believes that the use of mobile phone data with the appropriate apps can be done on a voluntary basis.
Update at 10.55 a.m .: Chancellor Angela Merkel has with one Podcast from their quarantine reported. For safety reasons, she would currently stay at home, even though her two corona tests were negative. In the podcast, Merkel explained that she was very aware of “how severe the contact restrictions are that now apply to everyone in Germany”. They are therefore impressed by how quickly the Germans “completely changed” their behavior. “Thank you, with all my heart, thank you“, She directed to the German population.
Corona crisis: Merkel sends podcast out of quarantine – and calls for patience
A difficult situation like the current one can only be solved together, she said. Slow down the virus is still the main goal. This decides whether our health system can withstand the virus, Merkel emphasized again. Therefore you have to continue to strictly adhere to the Corona rules. “No one can say today with a clear conscience that he knows how long this difficult time will last. I have to ask you: Be patient. “
The daily numbers of new infections would still be no reason give up, “or to relax the rules“Explained Merkel. At present, new infections in Germany would double approximately every five and a half days. This is much slower than at the beginning of the corona crisis. The period of doubling, however, had to go towards “ten days” to do that Health system not to overloadsaid Merkel. She further emphasized that anyone who obeyed the rules could therefore become a lifesaver. She closed the podcast with the words: “I thank you all for the fact that our country can count on you.
Chancellor #Merkel Sends a thank you to everyone in the audio podcast from home quarantine who has severe restrictions in the fight against that #Corona virus carry along. #We stay at Home #StayHomeSavesLives # Covid19 pic.twitter.com/9t9CCZi1LX
– Steffen Seibert (@RegSpeaker) March 28, 2020
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Update from March 28, 2020, 8.29 a.m .: in the Fight against the corona crisis has the French president Emmanuel Macron called on the EU to act together. “I don’t want a selfish and divided Europe,” he said, according to dpa information, in an interview published on Saturday by the three Italian newspapers La Stampa, La Republica and Corriere della Sera. A point of discussion for the EU countries is, however, above all the question of financial crisis aid.
Corona crisis: Germany is against the inclusion of “corona bonds”
While France as well as Italy, Spain and other countries joint borrowing, so-called “Corona Bonds” demand, are Germany, the Netherlands and other EU members on the other hand. Chancellor affirmed after a video summit by the EU heads of state and government on Thursday evening Angela Merkel her rejection of the corona bonds. Macron said in the interview that ten countries had supported the idea of corona bonds at the European Council, so that the countries most affected by the crisis could be helped. According to Macron, some countries such as Germany were cautious. The debate on this should continue in the coming weeks. “We cannot give up this fight,” stressed Macron. On Thursday evening, despite hours of discussion, EU politicians were unable to agree on financial aid to the crisis.
Update March 27, 7.45 p.m .: Their relationship has not always been easy – but in the corona crisis Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump coordinated by phone. But not much came out: The focus of the conversation was the exchange on the effects of the corona pandemic, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Friday evening. Both would have agreed to stay in close contact and use opportunities for cooperation.
And while the corona crisis is demanding politicians worldwide, there has also been sensational news about the influx of refugees on the Turkish-Greek border in recent weeks. The Federal Intelligence Service has now expressed an incredible suspicion against the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Corona crisis: Kramp-Karrenbauer is not in a hurry to clarify her successor
Update March 27, 6.30 p.m .: The outgoing CDU chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer sees no needto quickly clarify the question of her successor. When the party congress for the election of the next CDU leader takes place “depends on the situation with regard to Corona”, she told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” on Saturday. “That can one does not foresee at the moment and it is most people in the country not currently important. “
Regarding her role in the CDU, she said: “I am the party leader and am practicing this office with full authority and strengthuntil a successor is elected. “Originally, the leadership question was to be resolved at a party conference on April 25, but this was canceled due to the Corona crisis.
As to her resignation announced in February, she said from today’s perspective: “This decision has been made and I stand by it. However, if the Corona situation had been as it is today, I would have waited.”
Corona crisis: Schäuble thanks MPs for discipline and gets emotional
Update 9:53 p.m .: President of the Bundestag Wolfgang Schäuble has the MEP at the end of the plenary session marked by the Corona crisis on Wednesday thanked for their “great discipline”. In doing so, the Bundestag had taken its responsibility as a parliament into account in free democracy. It did for an “unusual session” traded in a very unusual location.
Schäuble said goodbye to the MPs: “I wish you and all people in our country, but also beyond, from this human challenge, this terrible crisis affected and threatened, for the next weeks All the best. Stay protected. ”The President of the Bundestag convened the next meeting for April 22 – until then, the Bundestag is regularly in the Easter break.
The G20 countries and the European countries agreed in a summit on the corona crisis. Angela Merkel provides a video statement about the results.
Corona crisis: FDP leader Lindner speaks unusually emotionally about Merkel
Update 4.20 p.m .: Has been fighting the spread of the corona virus Angela Merkel Praise for her Crisis policy receive. FDP chairman Christian Lindner believes that the Chancellor is doing very well in these times of crisis. “With her authority,” she said, many citizens have “significantly restricted their activities.”
This praise is very special. Otherwise, Lindner does not skimp on criticism of Merkel. But this time he didn’t want to blame the Chancellor for her policies. In her words, she might have “many lives protected“. Lindner had been behind Armin Laschet (CDU) provided. This was with the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder clashed and called for other measures to contain viruses than Söder. Lindner said Laschet had managed to “create a unified line of countries in their vast majority.”
Corona crisis: Bundestag resolves 156 billion new debts
Update 3:06 pm: The Bundestag has a supplementary budget to finance the aid packages in the Corona crisis decided. This includes new debts amounting to 156 billion euros. The Federal Council still has to approve the plans on Friday.
Corona crisis: government and opposition more united than ever – Lindner calls for exit strategy
First report from March 25th
Berlin – In the Bundestag is about that Corona Aid Package spoken by the federal government. The drastic measures* the economy and the financial system are in short supply to contain the virus in the Federal Republic. Now the urgent need to react. In the history of the Federal Republic, government and opposition have probably never been so united. However, there are some swipes.
Union faction leader Ralph Brinkhaus announced a quick implementation of the Corona virus* Aid packages. “Implementation is now what matters,” said the CDU politician. However, not everyone can be presented as if the crisis had not taken place.
Corona virus: Rapid aid payments are intended to stabilize the economy
The current restrictions on public life are proportionate, said the chairman of the FDP faction, Christian Lindner, on Wednesday in the Bundestag. “However, the current state of affairs contradicts human nature.” It does not suit an open society, endangers the economy and also social peace, “if people’s acceptance could decrease in the very near future”, Lindner warned. The condition must therefore be overcome “step by step, but as quickly as possible”.
The party’s criticism is louder than the left. Now the fatal consequences of the austerity dictate and privatization in the health sector have become apparent, said the Left Group leader Amira Mohammed Ali. Despite some weaknesses, the government’s package of measures now contains “many good regulations with which we agree”.
Even the AfD, which has dealt with the internal party and criticism and the federal government in recent weeks. At the moment, however, the crisis also seems to be reaching the party. On Tuesday, parliamentary group Alice Weidel was apologized for the Bundestag session. “I was diagnosed with pneumonia, which is why I will not attend the Bundestag meetings this week to protect myself and the health of my colleagues and employees,” Weidel said on Tuesday evening to the German Press Agency. According to her spokesman, she has not yet been tested for the novel corona virus.
Corona crisis: aid package to be adopted on Wednesday
“Standing together is now the first civic duty,” said AfD parliamentary leader Alexander Gauland on Wednesday morning. After the end of this crisis, his group wanted to name the government’s mistakes. The latter did not make provisions and did not live up to its responsibilities, especially at the beginning of the pandemic. Border controls were ordered too late, protective clothing for medical personnel was not procured early enough. In addition to financial aid for citizens and companies, the government must now present a long-term plan. People wanted to know what was going to happen “if there was still no all-clear in three months”. If Gauland accuses the Federal Government of being too late and too hesitant to restrict, he simply shoots the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder in the opposite direction. “In addition to the ban on contacts now issued, there are only curfews. Even if a South German prime minister, who behaves a little like a proconsul, would like to do so, the social consequences must already be considered today. “
The Aid packageFederal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier, which is due to be decided on Wednesday afternoon, has faced the dramatic economic consequences of the Corona crisis and that of containing it decided measures* promised. It’s about it quick aid payments*. “It is our ambition that the first payments arrive at the companies concerned before April 1 and that the state’s ability to act has proven itself even in this difficult situation,” said the CDU politician on Wednesday in the Bundestag during the debate on the aid packages of the Federal government.
Corona aid package: That is what the federal government is planning
The Federal government plans direct grants for small companies, solo self-employed and freelancer totaling 50 billion euros. To finance this, a supplementary budget is necessary, among other things. The federal and state governments are currently working on an agreement on the aid package. The funds are then to be paid out via the federal states.
Altmaier said that German economy is now in heavy water after ten good years because of the pandemic. Many paid a high price with less income and less wealth. It is now a question of cohesion in order to maintain companies and jobs and to overcome the dry spell. The point is that the pandemic would not destroy structures built up over decades.
British Premier Johnson in bed, the chancellor in quarantine. Virologists swing the baton worldwide. This must not become permanent, says Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis *.
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*Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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