Does Armin Laschet believe that "Romanians and Bulgarians" are to blame for the Corona outbreak in the Tönnies slaughterhouse? When asked by a journalist what the outbreak said about the easing so far, the CDU Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia replied on Wednesday: "That says nothing at all because Romanians and Bulgarians have entered the country and the virus has come from. That will happen anywhere. " Laschet further explained: "This has nothing to do with relaxation, but with the accommodation of people in accommodation and working conditions in companies"
SPD general secretary Lars Klingbeil describes it as "not so confident that Mr. Laschet is the first to attack the Bulgarians and the Romanians, the workers who come here to really work in the meat industry under adverse conditions." He therefore expected an apology, said Klingbeil the "picture".
Laschet's reasoning was "also completely absurd," said the SPD parliamentary group leader in the NRW state parliament, Thomas Kutschaty, the dpa. "Those who Mr. Tönnies exploits every day should now be to blame for the spread of the virus? It can't be serious!"
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