Good intention, trust lost
Buschmann wants to have Corona decisions reviewed
March 30, 2024, 2:59 p.m
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The FDP is one of the biggest critics of the Corona measures during the pandemic. Justice Minister Buschmann wants to review many decisions afterwards. But the aim is not to point the finger at individuals, but rather to learn from mistakes together, he asserts.
Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has called for a review of the Corona measures. “If people’s fundamental rights are being encroached upon in such a massive way, we have to critically examine it afterwards,” he told the newspapers of the Funke media group. “Everyone involved in the pandemic rules owes it to the citizens.”
The FDP politician continued that some political decisions during the pandemic years had greatly polarized the country and cost a lot of trust, although they were certainly made with the best of intentions. The reappraisal is not about pointing the finger at individual people. “It’s about learning from mistakes together.”
Buschmann specifically cited a lack of transparency. “Many decisions should have been more comprehensible to the public: not in consultations with prime ministers in camera, but in an interdisciplinary manner and in parliament,” he said.
From autumn 2021, the traffic light government ensured more transparency, set up a Corona expert council and ended the state of emergency. “It was particularly important to me at the time that school closures were ruled out,” said Buschmann. “Now the pandemic years have to be dealt with as a whole. This is the only way to create trust.”
The debate about reviewing the Corona measures was fueled by recently published protocols from the Robert Koch Institute. They provide insights into the work of the crisis team from January 2020 to April 2021. The publication of the minutes was legally enforced by the online magazine “Multipolar”. The magazine is classified by some political scientists as an alternative media for conspiracy ideology. It is published, among others, by author Paul Schreyer, who has published several books with conspiracy stories.