The Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office, in cooperation with the public prosecutor's offices in Stuttgart and Munich, has conducted the first comprehensive criminological evaluation of investigation files on the so-called ‘terrorist scene’. The most...
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Commentary: BERLIN – Known risks, familiar words, familiar failures
The power outage in Berlin since 3 January 2026 is extraordinary in its scale, but remarkably familiar in its causes and political consequences. Five damaged high-voltage cables, tens of thousands of households without electricity and heating, restrictions on mobile...
Commentary: Hesse’s clear stance against left-wing extremism
In his statement, Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck paints a deliberately clear picture of left-wing extremism as a threat to security. The core of his position is clear: left-wing extremism is not understood as a marginal phenomenon or merely a side issue of...
Baden-Württemberg: State Data Protection Act to be amended
The Baden-Württemberg Council of Ministers has approved an amendment to the State Data Protection Act proposed by Interior Minister Thomas Strobl. The aim of the reform is to provide legal certainty for the use of digital technologies in administration, research and...
Giessen in Germany Is Not Startbahn West in Frankfurt— And Thanks to the Police, It Better Stay That Way
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...
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...
