2024-10-03 02:39:32
The traffic light actually agrees: the fight against the corona pandemic, which was led at the time by the Chancellery and the health department, should be examined. The emphasis is on actually.
In the dispute over a comprehensive analysis of Corona, the FDP is insisting on a study commission, contrary to the ideas of the SPD. The FDP is “not available” for the Citizens’ Assembly favored by the SPD, said the Parliamentary Managing Director of the FDP parliamentary group, Stephan Thomae, to the German Press Agency.
SPD parliamentary group vice-president Dagmar Schmidt told the partner newspapers of the Neue Berliner Editorial Society (NBR): “To our great regret, we have not yet been able to reach a sufficient agreement in the traffic light to deal with the corona pandemic as comprehensively and sustainably as we as the SPD would like. “
The SPD had favored a citizens’ assembly. The first such parliamentary committee with randomly selected participants presented recommendations on nutrition policy. The FDP, on the other hand, proposes a study commission with MPs and experts.
“An exclusively social approach to the corona pandemic through a citizens’ assembly, as the SPD is calling for, is by far not enough,” said Thomae. The FDP won’t go along with that. “We want a comprehensive political and scientific review, we spoke out early on in favor of a parliamentary committee of inquiry and we also consider a real commission of inquiry with scientists to be a useful instrument.” But there was resistance to this.
With a view to the debates in the traffic light, Thomae spoke of “attempts to water down and weaken our proposals”. The FDP politician said: “Apparently the SPD has no real interest in a thorough investigation.”
Schmidt said: “We want to shed light on all levels: federal, state and local governments are involved, as are citizens.” She added: “Unfortunately, our high demands for this sustainable approach to the pandemic could not be met with the FDP.”
The responsible CDU MP Philipp Amthor (CDU) sees this as “renewed evidence of the traffic light’s inability to act and reach agreement”. A few days ago, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) called for a Corona investigation committee. The AfD supports this.