Chancellor Merkel would like to keep the ski facilities closed throughout Europe in winter. In the Alpine countries, however, there is resistance. Austria demands compensations if the EU recommends a corresponding step. And Switzerland personally appeals to the former holiday guest Merkel. The Austrian government has announced that it will insist on European compensation if the EU Commission recommends that skiing holidays be avoided across Europe. Then one will have to talk about corresponding compensation payments, said Finance Minister Gernot Blümel of the “Welt”. “The current proposal means serious economic losses for Austria,” said the politician.

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Based on the revenue replacement, as it is already being paid out with us, that would be two billion euros. If the EU makes a stipulation that the ski areas must remain closed, compensation payments are expected. That could either be a reduction of the Austrian membership fee by this amount or more money from the reconstruction fund. The ÖVP politician accuses the large EU countries of making things too easy for themselves when they push for a ban or a recommendation from Brussels. “Our economy is much more dependent on winter tourism than Italy, France or Germany,” said the financial politician. In addition, the most important part of the winter season in Italy and France begins in February, so they would be much less affected by their own proposal.

“Ms. Merkel, you are safe with us!”

In Switzerland, too, the request by Chancellor Angela Merkel to close the ski facilities across Europe is received with outrage. Tourists in the Engadin region in the canton of Graubünden, where the CDU politician has been relaxing for a few days every winter and doing cross-country skiing, have expressed incomprehension. There, in Pontresina, she was also at the end of last year, a few weeks before the corona pandemic hit the world.

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“Ms. Merkel, you are safe with us!” Was the headline of the tabloid “Blick”. “Ms. Merkel doesn’t have to be afraid,” said hotelier Thomas Walther from Pontresina of the newspaper. “Our hygiene concepts have proven their worth since the summer. In Berlin, you probably live a lot more dangerous!” Markus Moser, managing director of the Corvatsch, Diavolezza and Lagalb ski areas, told the newspaper that the infamous Corona infections in the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl did not happen at the beginning of the year during skiing, but at the parties. The Swiss government refuses to close the ski resorts. The country is trying to get the pandemic under control with less drastic measures than other countries. Shops and restaurants are still open in many places. Above all, the government relies on personal responsibility. However, some cantons have imposed their own lockdowns. However, the Swiss infection numbers are significantly higher than in Germany.

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