Overview
- The draft raises the minimum sentence for physical assaults on police, firefighters, rescue workers and bailiffs from three to six months.
- Ambush attacks on responders would carry at least one year in prison, up from six months.
- Special protection would be extended to doctors and nursing staff beyond emergency settings, with harsher penalties envisaged when intimidation hampers volunteer or local public service.
- The proposal tightens laws on incitement to hatred by lifting the maximum penalty to five years and allowing courts to bar offenders from standing for office for five years after six‑month‑plus convictions.
- Authorities logged 46,367 cases in 2024 and 106,875 officers as victims, a 0.3% annual increase and 67.2% more victims than in 2015, as Hubig and Dobrindt prepare a joint bill to stiffen penalties, speed procedures and bolster frontline safety.