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Dobrindt Declares Security 'Zeitenwende,' Plans Drone-Defense Boost and Air-Security Law Reform

The 2026 interior budget proposal increases funding for policing, cybersecurity, civil protection.

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Im ZDF-Sommerinterview hatte AfD-Chef Tino Chrupalla die Ansicht geäußert, er erkenne keine feindlichen Absichten Russlands gegenüber Deutschland. Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt widersprach nun im Bundestag heftig.

Overview

  • In a Bundestag budget debate, the interior minister cited Russian airspace violations, drone overflights and cyberattacks as evidence of an omnipresent hybrid threat.
  • Germany intends to expand drone-defense capabilities and prepare a reform of the Air Security Act to close gaps against unmanned threats.
  • Planned spending for the Interior Ministry and its agencies would rise by about €770 million to roughly €16.1 billion in 2026.
  • Higher allocations target the Federal Police, the BKA, the BSI and the BBK to strengthen law enforcement, cyber resilience and civil protection.
  • Opposition parties challenged cuts to integration, political education and the German Islam Conference, while a Green MP proposed turning the nationwide warning day into a broader civil‑protection exercise.