Bavaria: Consequences of the decision to restrict the exit – Bavaria

Bavaria’s highest court subsequently declared the exit restrictions ineffective in April 2020, and the state government is under revision. But what does that mean? An approach on three levels.

First he sat in the sun, then in a cell. The case of the Munich ÖDP boss Thomas Prudlo made headlines in April 2020. Shortly before, the corona pandemic had overtaken Bavaria, and no one was allowed to leave their home or property without a valid reason. Jogging in the park was allowed, sitting on a bench was an administrative offense. Prudlo saw no point behind it, demonstratively remained sitting on a green area, had to go to the police station, then sat down on the meadow again and finally spent a night in detention. The case has been resolved, in November 2020 Prudlo was subsequently right. “I think it’s good that the whole thing is now being looked at from a legal perspective,” he says. The whole thing is the Free State’s first Corona regulation and one of its core components: The Bavarian Administrative Court (VGH) declared the strict exit restrictions on Wednesday to be disproportionate, i.e. ineffective. On Friday the state government announced that it would go into revision. But what can be learned from it? An approximation.