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Klöckner Demands New Police Law to Unlock Threat Data and Bolster Bundestag Security

She says closing legal loopholes in threat-information sharing is crucial to fortifying the Bundestag’s defenses.

Overview

  • She has proposed a specialized Bundestagpolizeigesetz to authorize the Bundestag police to receive classified threat assessments from the Verfassungsschutz.
  • Lawmakers from all parliamentary factions are negotiating the bill’s details to overcome obstacles that sank the measure last term.
  • Klöckner called for accelerated cyber defenses upgrades after a series of state-linked hacking attempts targeting the Bundestag since 2015.
  • Officials are reviewing visitor screening protocols to tighten reliability checks for the two million annual guests.
  • The president argues that these security reforms are vital to protecting the parliament’s symbolic role and ensuring democratic resilience against foreign threats.