Overview
- Organized supporter groups executed a coordinated first‑12‑minute boycott across fixtures, with silence and protest banners prominently displayed in Berlin and Bochum.
- The actions target proposals under review such as ticket personalization, a central body for stadium bans, AI-enabled surveillance, and bans triggered on suspicion or at the start of investigations.
- DFL and DFB issued a joint statement rejecting collective, authority-imposed measures like mandatory ticket identification or reduced away allocations as neither effective nor acceptable to fans.
- Clubs voiced support for fan concerns, with 1. FC Köln backing dialogue, Hertha CEO Peter Görlich pledging to defend club culture, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern warning against bans without clear justification.
- The Interior Ministers’ Conference from 3–5 December in Bremen could decide or refine the measures, while officials such as Saxony’s Armin Schuster say tighter rules aim to reduce heavy police deployments.