Merkel Insists on Total Lockdown Throughout Germany

Chancellor Angela Merkel wants the whole of Germany to go into a strict national lockdown.

 

She wants to paralyze as many activities as possible across the country quickly because she believes that this could halt the increase in the number of corona infections and hospital admissions. This would include new school closures and curfews.

On Monday, there will be another consultation between Merkel and the sixteen state prime ministers about the corona policy to be pursued, which in many respects is in the hands of the states. As usual, different views lead to different measures in the regions.

Saarland, for example, started radical relaxation this week on its own initiative, much to Merkel’s annoyance. She has previously alluded to federal legislation to take away the states’ powers in corona policy.

Merkel’s party colleague Armin Laschet, who is not only Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, but also the new leader of the Christian Democrats, launched the name ‘bridge lockdown’ during the Easter days.

It should be a two to three week period throughout the Federal Republic. The population would be subject to a great many restrictions, and a great many people would be vaccinated.