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19. COVID-19 in the 2021 Federal Election: The Dog That Did Not Bark

verfasst von : Andreas Busch

Erschienen in: The 2021 German Federal Election

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic which started in early 2020 was a major challenge to Germany. This contribution traces first how the Grand Coalition under Chancellor Merkel coped with that challenge, given Germany’s complex and negotiation-oriented decision-making process and the uncertainties involved in handling an unknown virus. Given the importance of the Länder in the implementation of measures to fight the pandemic, the Conference of Minister Presidents (MPK) became a major forum for finding solutions that combined coordination with regionally varying problem load. While party competition was initially subdued due to a ‘rally-round-the-flag’ effect and rising support for the government, election programs showed that parties expected the pandemic to play an important role in the 2021 election campaign. But opinion poll as well as exit poll data demonstrate that voters had other priorities when casting their vote, preferring to look ahead rather than back. The chapter ends with some reflections on this surprising finding.

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1
For a recent discussion about the role of uncertainty (albeit with a focus on international relations) see Katzenstein and Seybert (2018).
 
2
A comprehensive analysis of the government’s measures to fight the pandemic is thus as much beyond the goal of this contribution as is a systematic assessment of its successes and failures.
 
3
This is because the Richtlinienkompetenz is balanced by the Ressortprinzip, by which each Minister conducts the affairs of their department independently and under their own responsibility (see Basic Law article 65).
 
4
See for more detail, also in comparison, Busch (2021, 2022).
 
5
Only a few days later, on 22 March, curfews were imposed prohibiting contact with more than one person from outside one’s own household. It is important to remember that at that time no therapy and no vaccination against the virus existed.
 
6
For the German case, see Gloger and Mascolo (2021) for a detailed description of the ‘inside’ of decision making during the pandemic.
 
7
See for an excellent, condensed description of the federal system and its historical rootedness Benz (2022).
 
8
The Infection Protection Act was amended in the course of the pandemic, giving the federal level more competences; however, these only came in at a later stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, namely at the end of March 2020.
 
9
See also Cunningham (2020) and Jäckle and Wagschal (2022). While the effect per se is uncontested, there is a debate about the precise causes (Schraff, 2021).
 
10
The following figures as well and statements are based on the author’s analysis of the parties’ election programs. The programs are available at Landeszentrale (2021).
 
11
The website of the council is to be found at https://​www.​bundesregierung.​de/​breg-de/​suche/​expertinnenrat-der-bundesregierung-2002396 (last accessed: 20 March 2023).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
COVID-19 in the 2021 Federal Election: The Dog That Did Not Bark
verfasst von
Andreas Busch
Copyright-Jahr
2023
Buch
The 2021 German Federal Election

Print ISBN: 978-3-031-38929-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-38930-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2023

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38930-6_19