{"id":1164299,"date":"2021-12-28T08:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1164299"},"modified":"2021-12-28T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:34:36","slug":"german-retail-trade-dramatically-bad-because-of-covid-pass-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-retail-trade-dramatically-bad-because-of-covid-pass-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"German Retail Trade \u2018Dramatically Bad\u2019 Because of COVID Pass Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgerman-retail-trade-dramatically-bad-because-of-covid-pass-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1164299&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1291616178-e1640610121216-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An industry group has said that German retail trade over the Christmas period has been \u2018dramatically bad\u2019 due to the country\u2019s COVID Pass rules.<\/p>\n<p>Retail trade in Germany over the Christmas period was \u2018dramatically bad\u2019 this year due to COVID pass restrictions currently in place, according to claims made by one industry group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The German Trade Organisation has claimed that the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/germany-agrees-tougher-curbs-on-unvaccinated-to-curb-covid-surge\/\">2G rules<\/a> in the country \u2014 which prevent those who are unvaccinated from entering certain shops \u2014 has stalled the sector\u2019s recovery post-lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had some catching up to do with the spring lockdown months by November, but the positive trend was stopped abruptly by the introduction of the 2G rules,\u201d group&nbsp;managing director Stefan Genth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/wirtschaft\/unternehmen\/corona-handelsverband-beklagt-dramatisch-schlechtes-weihnachtsgeschaeft-a-42f8860b-8d1e-4db7-b2b1-af98447bc0f1\">told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Der Spiegel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Genth went on to tell the publication that business had been \u201cdramatically bad\u201d as a result, with retail seeing a 40 per cent reduction in footfall, translating to a one-third contraction in sales overall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSome retailers, especially in the textile sector, have of course been hit even harder when you consider that online trading continues to boom with another plus of 20 per cent and the food sector continues to function well,\u201d Genth also said.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Germany\u2019s 2G rules, Genth said that the measures were \u201cnot a medically sensible measure, but was mainly used by politicians to put pressure on the unvaccinated\u201d and that it has \u201clong been clear that the shops do not contribute in any way to the infection\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA normal mask requirement is enough again,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Germany\u2019s Scholz Calls Himself \u2018Chancellor of the Unvaccinated\u2019 Despite Mandatory Vax Support <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btRPy1ID36\">https:\/\/t.co\/btRPy1ID36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1471087642934591489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Genth also criticised the 2G rules as representing \u201ca clear unequal treatment [of individuals], against which many of our members are taking legal action\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>This echoes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stern.de\/politik\/deutschland\/niedersachsen--gericht-setzt-2g-regel-fuer-einzelhandel-aus-31430024.html\">ruling<\/a> made in the German state of Lower Saxony, which suspended the rules preventing unvaccinated people from accessing certain areas of society.<\/p>\n<p>The court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/wirtschaft\/coronavirus-gericht-kippt-2g-regel-im-einzelhandel-fuer-niedersachsen-a-7cea590e-8d8d-4b82-ba23-c0dbb5bd3518\">criticised<\/a> the level of evidence in place for the effectiveness of the 2G rules in regards to retail, before concluding that the rule was ultimately not compatible with the general principle of equality.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the Head of the World Medical Association,&nbsp;Frank Ulrich Montgomery,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/politik\/deutschland\/corona-urteile-zu-2g-frank-ulrich-montgomery-kritisiert-richter-a-27d52367-13f1-4acf-ad15-0609e9c2d490\">criticised<\/a> the court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bump into the fact that little judges stand up and, like in Lower Saxony, 2G in the retail trade because they don\u2019t consider it proportionate,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cI have big problems there. There are situations in which it is right to rank the rights of freedom after the right to physical health \u2013 not just for yourself, but for everyone. And that\u2019s the kind of situation we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Germany has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/merkel-announces-restrictions-on-unvaccinated-vote-on-making-jabs-compulsory\/\">weighing up<\/a> the possibility of implementing mandatory vaccination against the Chinese Coronavirus, similar to the controversial mandate which will soon come into effect in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Those in Austria who remain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/10\/fears-new-austrian-law-could-be-used-to-imprison-unvaccinated-for-up-to-a-year\/\">unvaccinated<\/a> by February will soon face unending lockdown, hefty fines, and even the possibility of imprisonment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An industry group has said that German retail trade over the Christmas period has been \u2018dramatically bad\u2019 due to the country\u2019s COVID Pass rules. 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