Another Chancellor-meeting with the 16 Premier-Presidents will occur on Wednesday afternoon (1 PM).
Expectations? No one is saying much other than more ban rules are likely to come, and this discussion of a shutdown (maybe a whole new word with less threatening structure) is to be lightly discussed.
No one....from the Berlin political folks.....down to the German citizen-level....wants a shutdown (my humble belief).
If it were to come now....early November, and run for two months (in the midst of the Christmas season)? It'd destroy any attempt by the major stores to recover in 2020, and lay out the path to various bankruptcy actions in 2021.
The odds that bars, pubs, and restaurants will be harshly affected? I noticed that Italy went to a pub/bar/restaurant shutdown at 6 PM. It'd really screw over the under 25 crowd, and probably create massive illegal drinking parties across the nation (in forests, abandoned buildings, and in basements), if this were applied in Germany.
So Wednesday night....prepare for a big presentation (probably after 10 PM), and probably starting 1 November.
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