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Border Controls Remain Unresolved Amid Easing MeasuresBorder checks stay until May 4; limited reopening allowed for playgrounds, museums, and religious services with strict limits.
Key FactsMay 1, 2020 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: suedkurier.de
- The meeting of state leaders with the Chancellor did not address border control extensions, which remain in place until May 4.
- Playgrounds, museums, zoos, and religious gatherings are allowed to reopen with restrictions, including limited attendance at weddings and baptisms.
- Calls for border openings are backed by some CDU politicians, while others favor gradual exceptions in cross-border traffic.
- Unmarried couples still face entry barriers, as no clear authorization for their border crossing has been confirmed.
The borders to Switzerland and France are lifelines of our region! A blanket border closure is no longer appropriate today. Such decisions must in the future be made more directly in the border area.— Andreas Schwab, CDU district chairman for Südbaden and CDU member of the Bundestag, told SÜDKURIER
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- Days before the election, Friedrich Merz again rules out formal CDU cooperation with the AfD and the Left.
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There are such fundamental differences between the AfD and the Left that cooperation with them is excluded.— Friedrich Merz, CDU leader, in an interview with the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung and Magdeburger Volksstimme, explaining why formal cooperation with the AfD and the Left is ruled out.
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Key FactsNew COVID-19 Measures to Curb Rapid Spread
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- Chancellor Merkel met with state leaders in Berlin to address the sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates.
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