Overview
- Following a power outage linked in reporting to a suspected left-wing extremist arson, Kai Wegner urged that more federal special-fund money be directed to protecting critical infrastructure.
- Wegner said structural shortcomings must be examined before increasing spending and maintained that the federal finance minister will ultimately need to act.
- He announced Berlin will reallocate its allotted special-fund resources to bolster infrastructure protection and said everything will be put under review.
- Wegner stated he has already discussed the reallocation with Berlin’s finance senator to prepare the shift in priorities.
- About 100,000 people were affected by the outage, and Wegner defended his crisis management, noting he was reachable during the incident.