Posted on 04/09/2021 10:53:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The German federal government is planning to pass new legislation to allow it to impose uniform coronavirus restrictions across the country, taking control from the states, a government spokesperson said on Friday.
The country’s 16 state premiers have agreed to new legislation to allow the change so it can better fight the surge in COVID-19 cases.
“The federal government plans to introduce draft legislation next week, in close coordination with the states, that includes a binding and comprehensive emergency brake for districts with an incidence of 100 cases and up,” a government source told Reuters. […]
“Germany is in the middle of a third wave, so the federal government and the states have agreed to add to the national legislation,” Demmer told reporters.
The move by Merkel’s government follows weeks of frustration over varied handling of the rise in cases by Germany’s 16 state leaders.
The government and state heads had agreed on an “emergency brake” to be imposed when the rate of infection goes above 100 per 100,000 over a seven-day period. But leaders of some states have followed a loose interpretation of the agreed-upon response. […]
Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases, suggested implementing a two- to four-week lockdown to curb the third wave of infections. …
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Too many taxes.
Too many laws.
And WAY too much government.
All aboard!
Bundesrepublik oder Zentralrepublik?
Das Vierte Reich!!!
“We are marching at a faster pace...”
They really can’t help themselves. It’s their natural state.
It’s not their fault. The Romans made them this way.
Germ any?
“And WAY too much government.”
Them or us?
Everywhere.
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