AfD Kompakt, January 14, 2021
The
new Corona entry decree for freight transport is unsuitable and not at all
thought through. Who enters Germany from an area at risk must report his
arrival each time to come, and within 48 hours – for every infection situation
in a neighboring country even to the moment of entry – prove that he is not
infected with Corona. For a now already overburdened healthcare system with
day-long waiting times, it is however utterly unclear how the required test and
proof duties shall in a brief period be fulfilled. To inland navigation accrue
difficult trips in foreign waters which will be interrupted simply for the
transfer of goods. If however the transport personnel will now be denied entry
due to a lack of Corona test results, and foreign ship’s crew can no more enter
Germany, not only does the raw material supply of industry threaten to stop,
but the consumer goods of daily needs may become in short supply.
Should the transport personnel clear these hurdles, then there is the total meltdown of supply. Not only will inland navigation, port industry and many other parts of the transportation economy be endangered and their basis be withdrawn, but serious damage will also be inflicted on Germany as an economic site. I therefore support the inland navigation and ports branches in their demand to the Federal government to create comprehensive and unrestricted emergency regulations for the transportation sector so that the ever again publicized free movement of commodities and goods traffic in Europe remains preserved. Otherwise, it is only a question of days when the hoarding [Hamsterkäufe] begins.
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