There are hardly any clearer words: Markus Söder sees Christine Lambrecht completely overwhelmed in her office and wants her resignation. The politics ticker.
- Markus Söder (CSU) calls for Christine Lambrecht’s resignation.
- Angela Merkel justifies decision against Ukraine’s NATO membership.
- Karl Lauterbach (SPD) sees ministerial life as more demanding than expected.
- Masks are no longer compulsory in many parts of Germany.
- Zelenskyj invites Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy to Bucha.
- the politics-Ticker informs about important events of the day.
Markus Söder demands resignation: Federal Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht* (SPD) is criticized by Markus Söder (CSU). The party leader is said to have said during an internal meeting of the CSU board that the SPD politician was “completely overwhelmed” in her office. “You embarrassed Germany in front of the Ukraine and our Western partners.” The criticism of the Bavarian Prime Minister was also directed at the Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz* (SPD): “Scholz should actually make a cabinet scavenger,” Söder is said to have said.
Lambrecht had recently rejected a delivery of armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. Die Welt had reported that Lambrecht had “declined” the request from Kyiv, since all German armored personnel carriers were included in NATO obligations. “More weapons are needed for Ukraine. Germany must supply arms without becoming a party to the war. Germany is doing too little,” criticized Söder.
Angela Merkel responds to criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Merkel on Bucha: In response to the accusations by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj (see first report), former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) backed her decision not to include Ukraine in the 2008 Nato* to have included. “Federal Chancellor aD Dr. Angela Merkel stands by her decisions in connection with the 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest,” said a spokeswoman for Merkel at the request of the German Press Agency. At the same time, she announced that she would support international efforts to end Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.
“In view of the atrocities that are becoming visible in Bucha and other places in Ukraine, all efforts by the Federal Government and the international community to stand by Ukraine and to put an end to the barbarism and the war by Russia against Ukraine have the full support of the former Chancellor ‘ the spokeswoman said. At the 2008 NATO summit, the member states promised Ukraine membership, but then backed down out of consideration for Russia.
“Much harder than imagined”: Lauterbach on ministerial life
Karl Lauterbach: The legacy of Jens Spahn (CDU) is not easy – the Federal Minister of Health must too Karl Lauterbach* (SPD) after almost four months in office. Even if spring is gradually heralding and experts are hoping for a decrease in the number of corona cases despite Omikron, it seems as if the government work is weighing heavily on the shoulders of the SPD politician. Meanwhile shows one Corona variant new omicron symptoms*. Lauterbach said to the German Press Agency: “The task is much harder than I had imagined.”
Health Minister Lauterbach further said that this would particularly affect the time required and the complexity of the requirements. “I work from early morning to late at night, and yet I wish there were more hours in the day. It’s a burden I never imagined to the extent,” he said. The Federal Minister of Health has lived mainly in Berlin since he was sworn in. He would only rarely come to his hometown of Cologne.
End of the mask requirement: No more masks when shopping, in retail and supermarkets in large parts of Germany
End of the mask requirement: It has been an important companion in everyday life for almost two years, but now the mask requirement has become obsolete in many areas of public life. while the Masks are still compulsory in some areas in April*, it falls to Germany in a big way. Supermarkets and discounters such as Aldi, Lidl, Rewe and Edeka* as well as other shops open today without a mask requirement and for the first time customers who do not wear a mouth-nose cover are allowed into the shops again. On Friday, the mask requirement had already fallen in Berlin, on Sunday then in most other federal states – there it was already possible to shop in shops that were open on Sundays without a mask, for example at train stations.
However, two federal states have not yet participated in the massive easing: Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania use the hotspot regulation* and thus adhere to the mask requirement. That now – despite a strong spread of the Omicron variant* and Omicron BA.2, the special symptoms* can have – the mask falls, causing mixed feelings in retail. Employees fear an increased risk of infection. Employers were also critical of the current easing. While the mask is now becoming less important in retail, there are also relaxations for those infected with the corona virus: it is currently possible to free test five days after infection* can.
President Selenskyj invites former Chancellor Merkel to Bucha
Criticism of Merkel: The pictures from the Kiev suburb of Bucha shocked the world last weekend. Destroyed buildings, shot civilians on the streets, buried corpses in mass graves and possibly other atrocities: after the Russian army left the area, the war in Ukraine* a picture of terror. Coming to terms with what happened will probably keep the international community busy for a long time to come. Kiev’s mayor Vitali Klitschko, who also spoke at the council meeting in Hanover last week, said of a “safari on civilians” in view of the apparently targeted killing of the residents.
Amid the horrors of war, the Ukrainian President has Volodymyr Zelenskyy* with sharp criticism of Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel* (CDU) and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. “I invite Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see what the policy of concessions to Russia has led to in 14 years,” Zelenskyy said in a video message. In the Kiev suburb, Merkel and Sarkozy could get an idea of their failed Russia policy in recent years.
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