Overview

• Fence construction is scheduled to begin June 23, 2025, with installation of gates and panels due by the end of the year.
• The fence is part of a €30 million safety strategy by the Berlin Senate to curb drug trafficking and violent crime in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
• Police will guard the construction site as protesters plan a “Tag Z – Der Görli bleibt auf” demonstration and a “Rave against the Zaun” during the Fête de la Musique.
• Thorsten Schleheider, head of the GdP police union, warned that dedicating more than 30 officers to construction oversight would weaken Berlin’s routine crime-fighting capacity.
• Opponents contend the fence will merely shift problems into surrounding neighborhoods and label the plan as populist and discriminatory.