Overview

• Local officials have allowed a demonstration to approach Papperger’s street but not his front gate, according to RP Online.
• The coalition Rheinmetall Entwaffnen has called a march to the executive’s private address on August 28 after publishing the location online.
• Police in Cologne and an administrative court have already banned a related protest camp, with a final ruling by the higher court in Münster expected.
• NATO has said Russian intelligence plotted to assassinate Papperger and that German and U.S. services foiled the attempt, leading to sustained, high-level protection.
• Rheinmetall is scaling up production, opening a major munitions plant in Unterlüß and pursuing contracts to build a funded munitions and powder facility in Ukraine.