Overview
- Meeting in Bremen, the Interior Ministers' Conference ruled out personalized tickets and AI-based facial recognition for football matches.
- Ministers agreed to set up a central, independent nationwide commission to create uniform standards for issuing stadium bans.
- The DFL will mandate an event manager at every club and at least one full-time security officer—two in the Bundesliga—while expanding and improving training for safety and fan staff.
- Fan organizations described the shift away from mass surveillance as a partial victory and pressed for details on the new commission's scope and procedures.
- No decision was taken on pyrotechnics, which will be revisited in June, and ministers reported a cooperation compromise on a planned drone‑defence centre.