Overview

• The presidents of BfV, BND and MAD are scheduled to deliver public threat assessments to the Parliamentary Control Committee in a three-hour session on Monday.
• CDU security spokesman Marc Henrichmann called for clear rules for a Spannungsfall that go beyond intelligence gathering to include operational authorities such as cyber-defense measures.
• Henrichmann argued for a comprehensive reorganization to bring Germany’s services to a European standard and eliminate fragmented competencies that impede cooperation.
• Coalition politicians criticized AfD deputy Markus Frohnmaier’s planned trip to Russia as a potential espionage risk, with Henrichmann warning confidential information could flow to Moscow if he travels.
• CDU foreign-policy lawmaker Roderich Kiesewetter urged the AfD to stop the trip and raised the prospect of a legal review, and SPD interior politician Sebastian Fiedler described Frohnmaier as part of a Kremlin influence operation.