The Greens are stepping up the pace, the FDP first wants to wait for an evaluation: There is rumbling in the traffic light coalition about the corona measures for the fall.  Its about the Infection Protection Act.
 
 Berlin.  
 In the debate about corona measures for the fall, the tone in the traffic light government is getting rougher.  
 
 Green leader Omid Nouripour called for a rapid change to the Infection Protection Act in order to be prepared for the colder seasons - Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt (Greens) had also spoken out in favor of this.  FDP politician Wolfgang Kubicki then recalled that there was a legal mandate to first evaluate corona measures.  Evidence-based decisions could only be made on the basis of a corresponding report.
 Nouripour told the Funke media groups newspapers: "We need an agreement as soon as possible. The earlier we are prepared for the fall, the better it is. States and local authorities need a lead time."  Its about not repeating the mistakes of the last two years.  "The summer must not pass unused," emphasized Nouripour.
 
 For the time being, "basic protection"
 applies. With the amended Infection Protection Act, general mask requirements for events or when shopping, as well as 2G and 3G access regulations, have been abolished since the beginning of April.  For the time being, “basic protection” applies – for example with mask requirements in buses, trains, clinics, practices and nursing homes.  Irrespective of state requirements, however, there are also further protection rules with mask requirements in many places, for example in cultural institutions.  The current version of the law runs until .  September.  The German Association of Cities had called for the law to be amended before the Bundestag’s summer break in order to be prepared for Corona in the fall.
 Nouripour explained: "You have to be able to increase the measures if an emergency develops. It starts with the obligation to wear masks and distance rules and continues with access rules such as 3G, i.e. for vaccinated, recovered and tested people."  What is needed is a legal basis that is adapted in such a way that what is necessary can be done on site.  "As of now, we dont even have a legal basis for a mask requirement," said the Greens chairman.
 
Kubicki goes to Göring-Eckardt
 Göring-Eckardt had also called for preparations for the fall - and warned the FDP not to slow down.  Kubicki told the German Press Agency: "It is unworthy of a Bundestag Vice President to give the impression that the Bundestag cannot react quickly enough to the challenges of the pandemic."  He recommends that the Greens return to fact-based politics instead of continuing to pursue "fear-based politics." Both Kubicki and Göring-Eckardt are Vice Presidents of the Bundestag. 
 The Greens health expert Janosch Dahmen said: "If something is unworthy, then it is Mr. Kubickis wait-and-see attitude. All coalition partners have a responsibility to take precautions."  The principle of hope is irresponsible in a pandemic.  It is important to take precautions now so that everything does not have to be shut down and closed again in autumn and winter.  "Citizens expect us to act with foresight and not sit back and relax. Precaution means that we are able to act quickly in the next wave. We should soon decide on measures that can be implemented if the situation deteriorates. "
 
 Lauterbach is planning comprehensive precautions 
 The Bundestag had stipulated in the Infection Protection Act that there should be an external evaluation of the requirements in the context of the epidemic situation of national importance that had been in place for several months.  A committee of experts had been set up for this purpose, which according to the law until 30.  to submit a report in June.  The committee includes scientists from various disciplines.
 Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) had already stated that he was planning comprehensive precautions for a corona situation that was likely to become more tense after the summer.  (dpa)