Overview
- The party leadership approved the immediate program at a meeting in Magdeburg based on a proposal from Justice Senator Felor Badenberg.
- Measures include AI-assisted financial investigations, permit and reliability requirements for car rental firms, and expanded prison searches with drug and data-sniffing dogs.
- The CDU highlights joint operations by police, justice authorities, district enforcement offices, and prosecutors as its central tactic.
- Citing earlier raids, the CDU reports €620,000 secured in illegal proceeds with a further €3.5 million pending seizure, figures presented as party claims.
- The package continues to focus on so-called clans, a contested approach that the CDU defends by pointing to security reports of links to Islamist groups.