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Workers' Safety Commission Tasked to Propose Radiation Protection Directive

Magdeburg Investigative Committee Summons Mayor Simone Borris for Witness Testimony Yesterday

Proposal requested for a worker radiation safety directive concerning ionizing radiation risks to...
Proposal requested for a worker radiation safety directive concerning ionizing radiation risks to be submitted by the Commission.

Workers' Safety Commission Tasked to Propose Radiation Protection Directive

In a recent statement, Kerstin Godenrath, Chairwoman of the CDU faction, has accused Mayor Simone Borris of making contradictory statements regarding the Magdeburg Christmas market.

Godenrath's statement counters Mayor Borris's claim about abstract dangers not being the state capital's responsibility. She emphasized that the state capital and the Gesellschaft zur Durchführung der Magdeburger Weihnachtsmärkte GmbH, as organizers, are indeed responsible for the Magdeburg Christmas market.

Mayor Borris, however, has referred to responsibilities within the administration at the so-called working level regarding the Magdeburg Christmas market. Godenrath's statement does not clarify these responsibilities.

The Magdeburg Christmas market is currently under investigation, and the investigative committee has summoned Mayor Borris as a witness. The Society for the Implementation of the Magdeburg Christmas Markets GmbH, the organizer of the market, set up and dismantled the concrete blocks for the security structure specifically for the event. The exact dates of installation and removal are not provided in the available search results.

The state capital financed the concrete blocks for structural security and their assembly and disassembly for the Magdeburg Christmas market. The barriers, explicitly required by the market permit, have not been addressed in Godenrath's statement.

Mayor Borris also showed strong personal involvement in other Christmas and winter markets. Godenrath's statement does not address this personal involvement.

Godenrath implied that Mayor Borris's statements about the Magdeburg Christmas market may be inconsistent. However, she did not specify any new contradictions in Mayor Borris's statements about the market.

Godenrath's conclusion emphasizes that the lack of regulations regarding responsibilities does not exempt the state capital and the organizers from their responsibility for the Magdeburg Christmas market. The statement does not provide new information about the investigation into the market.

This development in the ongoing controversy over the Magdeburg Christmas market is sure to keep the issue in the spotlight in the coming days.

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