The new German chancellor rebukes the leaders of the regional lander who do not take tougher against the pandemic
The coronavirus crisis and the growing violence of those who deny its existence or severity in Germany centered the first working day of the new Federal Chancellor, the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz. At the end of a meeting with the prime ministers of the 16 federal states, the president stressed that the current priority in the fight against the pandemic is to accelerate the vaccination campaign as much as possible and motivate those who are not yet immunized, but also to stand up to Those who reject the hygienic measures adopted to combat it, carry out unauthorized protests and, above all, threaten specific authorities with protests outside their own homes.
According to Scholz, it is “unacceptable” to try to constrain municipal and regional politicians with actions that “remind us of the darkest past in our history.” The Federal Chancellor thus referred to a torchlight march that took place last week and was led by neo-Nazi elements who traveled to the private residence of the Minister of Health of the Land of Saxony, the also Social Democrat Petra Köpping.
The head of the Government also alluded to the frustrated attempt to protest against the home of the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Antepomerania and party colleague Manuela Schwesig, or the call in an internet chat to “execute” the head of the Government of Saxony, the Christian Democrat Michael Kretschmer, who since yesterday occupies the internal intelligence services of Germany.
Scholz also reprimanded criminal actions against ordinary people. This Wednesday, to cite one example, a driver was arrested in Regensburg who tried to run over a gas station employee with his vehicle who reproached him for not wanting to
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