Overview

• The North Rhine–Westphalia Higher Administrative Court overturned Cologne police’s preventive ban, allowing the ‘Rheinmetall entwaffnen’ camp to run 26–31 August with roughly 1,000 participants expected.
• Organizers reported, and police confirmed, a blockade of a regional Bundeswehr career center in Cologne on Wednesday morning as part of the camp’s action days.
• Rheinmetall inaugurates a major munitions facility in Unterlüß on Wednesday with top German and NATO officials expected, targeting output of 25,000 shells this year and 350,000 in 2027.
• The company announced plans for about €1 billion in joint ventures to build a 155mm ammunition plant in Bulgaria, with contracts slated for signature in the coming weeks.
• A confidential BKA memo flagged German defense firms and suppliers as potential targets for politically motivated crime, noting risks such as blockades and sabotage and prompting heightened security around events.