Overview

• Germany is preparing legal changes to allow the military to down drones only in acute danger to lives or critical infrastructure when other measures fail, with decisions in such crises shifting to the Defence Ministry.
• The Interior Ministry confirmed work on updates to the Luftsicherheitsgesetz and the Federal Police Act, but no law has been passed yet.
• The planned package includes detection and classification tools, electronic jamming and takeover systems, with lethal force explicitly reserved as a last resort.
• Fresh sightings were reported over Denmark’s Karup air base after earlier airport disruptions, and authorities in Schleswig-Holstein are probing multiple cases; attribution remains unclear as Moscow issues denials.
• EU ministers agreed to start building an eastern-flank drone shield, which Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says could be assembled within a year, while Germany’s police union and some officers question shoot-down practicality and urge stronger police capabilities; Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul struck a cautious tone on roles and responsibilities.