Overview

• CDU security figure Marc Henrichmann proposes granting operative authorities, including cyber‑defence measures, to the services during a legally defined high‑tension scenario.
• He also calls for a comprehensive overhaul to align BfV, BND and MAD with European standards and to speed cooperation across agencies.
• The presidents of the BfV, BND and MAD are scheduled to deliver public threat assessments in a three‑hour session before the Parliamentary Control Committee on Monday.
• Coalition politicians warn that AfD lawmaker Markus Frohnmaier’s planned trip to Russia poses an espionage risk and could lead to confidential information reaching Moscow.
• CDU’s Roderich Kiesewetter urges AfD leaders to stop the trip and suggests a legal review if it proceeds, while SPD’s Sebastian Fiedler links Frohnmaier’s long‑standing Russia contacts to broader Kremlin influence efforts during the war on Ukraine.