Overview
- Alexander Dobrindt pledged more personnel for security services and expanded digital authorities to track extremist networks as the first pillar of his response.
- The second pillar advances the KRITIS umbrella law requiring strict security concepts and mandatory emergency plans for energy, water and telecom operators.
- He also advocated mandatory IP address retention and lower thresholds for source‑telecommunications surveillance, proposals now facing scrutiny over civil‑liberties safeguards.
- The federal prosecutor in Karlsruhe is leading the investigation into the cable‑bridge arson attack, with competing “Vulkangruppe” claims and no public arrests or definitive attribution.
- Stromnetz Berlin says full repairs will take months, with supply stabilized via a provisional high‑voltage line as cities and police unions urge a national blackout reserve and major funding for resilience.