So far, the federal government’s position has been not to consider any special treatment for people with corona vaccination. As the first minister, the head of the Foreign Office, Maas, deviates from this: Vaccinated persons should be allowed to go to restaurants or cinemas earlier than others.
As the first federal minister, Heiko Maas has spoken out in favor of easing the corona restrictions for people with a vaccination against the virus. “Vaccinated people should be able to exercise their basic rights again,” said the foreign minister of “Bild am Sonntag”. He cited access to restaurants and cinemas as examples.
“It has not yet been conclusively clarified to what extent people who have been vaccinated can infect others. What is clear, however, is that a person who has been vaccinated will no longer take a ventilator away from anyone. This means that at least one of the main reasons for restricting basic rights is eliminated.”
Maas also remembered the operators of currently closed restaurants, cinemas, theaters and museums. “They have the right to reopen their businesses at some point if there is a possibility. And there is when more and more people are vaccinated. Because once there are only vaccinated people in the restaurant or cinema, they can no longer do so endanger each other. ” The SPD politician called the debate so far “misleading” because it was not about privileges for vaccinated people, but about the exercise of basic rights. The state has massively restricted these with the corona rules.
Spahn and Seehofer are against it
The federal government had so far always refused privileges for vaccinated people – among other things, pointing out that it was not known whether these people could still infect others. Because a different type of corona is currently spreading from Great Britain and is considered extremely contagious, this argument should continue to be important.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn and Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer had also warned of an impending split in society. “Many are waiting in solidarity so that some can be vaccinated first,” said Spahn in December. “And those who have not yet been vaccinated expect, conversely, that those who have been vaccinated will be patient in solidarity.”
Legal action against restrictions possible
Maas, who was previously Minister of Justice, now contradicted: “Yes, that will lead to inequalities in a transition period, but as long as there is an objective reason for it, it is constitutionally justifiable.” The overriding principle is that the exercise of basic rights is made possible again.
In fact, vaccinated people could sue for the restoration of their freedoms with reference to their fundamental rights. In this case, experts believe it is possible that, in the long run, the courts will not allow people who have been vaccinated to restrict their rights in the same way as non-vaccinated people out of solidarity.
So far, only a million people have been vaccinated in Germany, which corresponds to a little over one percent of the population. They mainly include the very elderly and those in need of care, as well as medical and nursing staff.
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