The German parliament votes the new restrictive “health law”. Demonstrations and clashes in the square
The Bundestag approved the new federal health security law with the votes of the CDU, CSU and SPD after a long debate in plenary. These include extensive restrictions on exit from 10pm to 5am, school closures, and stricter regulations for businesses.
342 MPs voted by roll call for the emergency brake, 250 against and 64 abstained.
The changes to the law give the federal government the power to order restrictions and personal segregation for covid-19, modifying the powers that until now had been delegated to the federal states or, at most, exercised in cooperation by the council that saw them as part of the decisions. Instead, from now on, they will be the responsibility of the central state.
The law provides that schools will go far beyond 160 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for 10 days, while already 100 cases per 100,000 will trigger a series of severe restrictions on movement.
Even in parliament the rule did not go completely smoothly, with the FDP the liberals, who already announce an appeal to the Constitutional Court.
Not everything went well on the square either, with massive demonstrations involving thousands of people who tried to get closer to parliament
It all ended with clashes with the police and various arrests in the Berlin Zoo area, as can be seen in the following video.
Looks like the good old days are returning to Germany. Those in which many had neat brown shirts …
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