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German Interior Ministers Approve Uniform Stadium Bans, Shelve Surveillance Proposals

Ministers signal a cooperative approach following weeks of fan protests over surveillance proposals.

Overview

  • The conference endorsed nationwide, clearly defined standards for imposing stadium bans to counter matchday violence.
  • States will expand preventive 'stadium alliances' to curb policing costs, with Saxony-Anhalt scheduling an initial meeting in Magdeburg next week.
  • Plans for personalized tickets, mass ID checks, facial recognition and AI monitoring were discussed with no decisions to implement them.
  • A joint drone‑defence centre will launch in Berlin on December 17 under Federal Police Directorate 11 to coordinate federal‑state responses.
  • Pyrotechnics policy moves to the June IMK for further talks, while New Year’s Eve fireworks rules remain unsettled as Alexander Dobrindt floated larger ban zones without proposing a law change.