Overview
- The interior minister proposes more personnel and expanded digital powers for intelligence services plus a KRITIS umbrella law to mandate stronger protection and contingency planning for critical infrastructure operators.
- The Federal Prosecutor's Office has taken over the investigation into the cable-bridge arson in Berlin's southwest after a claim of responsibility from a group calling itself Vulkangruppe.
- About 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses initially lost power, all households were resupplied by Wednesday, and the grid operator says full repairs will take months.
- The German Association of Cities calls for a national blackout reserve with mobile power plants, and the Interior Ministry points to a planned wartime reserve that would involve states and municipalities.
- Sector and union leaders press for broader resilience funding, including a police union proposal for a €100 billion ten-year fund, as officials warn similar attacks could strike other major cities.