If Interior Minister Roman Poseck’s post-Giessen analysis accomplishes anything, it’s reminding us that German protest culture occasionally likes to cosplay its own history. And not the charming parts. No—somewhere between the vegan food trucks and the cardboard...
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Container handling in Europe slips
RWI and ISL researchers note third consecutive decline in latest flash estimate According to a flash estimate, the Container Throughput Index (https://www.rwi-essen.de/containerindex) of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (https://www.rwi-essen.de) and...
Focus on the importance of cooperation and innovation
Herrmann at the Security and Innovation Forum at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg At the Security and Innovation Forum at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) on Monday, Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann emphasised the...
Commentary: Berlin-Mitte Is Drifting Into Uncertainty – and Business Owners Are Footing the Bill
A growing wave of vandalism in Berlin-Mitte—smashed storefronts, nighttime attacks with blunt objects, paint assaults, and even arson—has created a climate that can no longer be dismissed as random mischief. Recent reporting* on multiple affected businesses, from...
Palantir as a symptom of a larger challenge
European sovereignty between aspiration and dependence The debate surrounding Palantir’s expanding footprint in Europe is not simply a dispute over a single software provider. It goes to the heart of Europe’s struggle for digital sovereignty: whether states should...
Commentary: When churches burn, more than just a building burns – Germany must no longer ignore these warning signs
33 arson attacks on churches in one year. More than in any other EU country. These are not just disturbing figures from the Oidac report – they are signs of a social development that we have underestimated for far too long. In Germany, churches are often treated as if...
Tougher penalties for ATM bombers
Deputy Prime Minister and Home Secretary Thomas Strobl said of the amendment to the law passed on 5 November 2025 by the federal government, ‘For more effective punishment and combating of crimes involving explosive substances’: “With the amendments to the Explosives...
Comment: Digital radio disaster – when lack of planning becomes a business model
The German Armed Forces' digital radio project is increasingly becoming a symbol of German defence bureaucracy in a state of emergency. For years, the army has been failing to install functional digital radio equipment in its vehicles – a project that should have been...
Germany: Herrmann: ‘Disaster control in Bavaria is well organised’
Heavy rain and flood management in focus at “Heavy Rain Innovation Day” Bavaria's Minister of the Interior and Disaster Control, Joachim Herrmann, emphasised today at the “Heavy Rain Innovation Day” in Munich, an information event organised by Deutsche Telekom:...
Hesse’s Minister of the Interior launches new series of discussions on cyber security
ATHENE launches public ‘Distinguished Lecture Series’ with leading experts from research, industry and administration Germany's largest research centre for applied cyber security, ATHENE, is launching its new series of discussions on cyber security with a high-profile...
