Euralarm has published new guidance on the use of fire detection and alarm (FD&A) systems to support lockdown and evacuation measures, thereby taking an important step in the further development of safety strategies for various types of hazards across Europe....
Politics
Germany – Michael Hüther: “The Black-Red coalition is merely managing this turning point rather than shaping it”
Commentary by Michael Hüther (Director of the German Economic Institute) The federal government is merely scrambling to keep up with the crises. My thoughts on a year of the Black-Red coalition: Rarely has a federal government taken office under more difficult...
Hesse is overhauling its approach to crime prevention
Project P25 focuses on networking, data analysis and efficient structures With the forward-looking Project P25, the Hesse Police is fundamentally realigning its approach to combating crime. Home Secretary Roman Poseck, together with Felix Paschek and Daniel Muth,...
The Displacement of Cash: Constitutional Limits and Their Systemic Significance
A recent legal opinion by Christian Waldhoff of Humboldt University in Berlin analyses the role of cash within the tension between digitalisation, regulation and the protection of fundamental rights. The study concludes that restrictions on the use of cash do not...
TeleTrusT criticises draft CRA implementing legislation
Context: What the Cyber Resilience Act actually changes in the EU The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) establishes, for the first time, a uniform EU-wide framework that sets out mandatory cybersecurity requirements for hardware and software (‘products with digital...
Germany: TeleTrusT criticises draft CRA implementing legislation
The German Association for IT Security (TeleTrusT) has commented on the draft bill prepared by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland Affairs for national implementing legislation for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and sees a clear need for improvements....
Commentary: Focus on oil, water in the blind spot
Whilst the West is fixated on oil prices, it overlooks a far more serious reality: the extreme vulnerability of the drinking water supply in the Gulf region. Over 100 million people in the GCC rely on desalination plants – in countries such as Kuwait, this figure...
Conceptual weaknesses
UAV DACH takes a critical view of the Federal Environment Agency’s ‘drone study’ A study recently published by the Federal Environment Agency analyses the ‘opportunities and risks of unmanned aviation for people and the environment’. As the trade association for the...
German Parliament sets Data Act on its national path – business calls for innovation-friendly implementation
The German Bundestag is on the verge of passing the national implementing legislation for the European Data Act. This is intended to flesh out the regulatory framework for the application of the EU regulation in Germany. The underlying EU Data Act has been in force...
Opinion: Water as a weapon
Why the threat to drinking water supplies in the Middle East marks a turning point in international law There are forms of infrastructure whose destruction not only has military consequences but also undermines the very foundations of human existence. The drinking...
