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Germany Weighs Fireworks Crackdown After New Year Injuries as Hamburg CDU Seeks Expanded Bans and Brandenburg Proposes ‘Böllerzonen’

Interior leaders remain split on nationwide restrictions despite mounting calls for action before the next New Year's Eve.

Raketen, Böller, Feuerwerk werden im Einkaufswagen eines Supermarktes zur Kasse geschoben (Symbolbild)
Einsatzkräfte der Hamburger Polizei inmitten von abgebrannter Pyrotechnik im Hamburger Stadtteil Steilshoop
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An vielen Orten in Berlin wird Silvester friedlich gefeiert, aber nicht nur. Die Polizei nimmt zahlreiche Menschen fest. Und das Unfallkrankenhaus meldet unter anderem auch schwer verletzte Kinder.

Overview

  • Hamburg police logged 1,398 New Year's deployments, up from 1,079 a year earlier, with at least ten officers injured and one unable to continue duty.
  • Officers reported pyrotechnics thrown at people, emergency crews and buildings in Steilshoop, with further interventions in districts including Lurup, St. Pauli, Harburg, Wilhelmsburg and Dulsberg.
  • Hamburg CDU leader Dennis Thering urged expanding existing ban zones to high‑risk areas such as Steilshoop and the Phoenix quarter, pointing to long‑standing restrictions around the Binnenalster.
  • Brandenburg Interior Minister René Wilke advocated designated, time‑limited fireworks zones at less busy locations with controls on what is used, and reported 21 pyrotechnic injuries in his state.
  • A Berlin police union petition for a nationwide ban has drawn about three million signatures, while federal and state interior ministers failed to reach agreement on a ban in December.