Overview
- Saxony-Anhalt’s regional administrative office forbade the city to approve the current concept, citing shortcomings in access protection and deployment of security personnel.
- A seven-page critique demands entry checks and certified vehicle barriers capable of stopping vehicles up to 7.5 tons.
- Mayor Simone Borris told a special city council session that the city will withhold approval for now in line with the authority’s instruction.
- The market’s organizer rejects central demands as impractical, including fully fencing the site and assuming blanket responsibility for attacks.
- City officials say they will work with the state on a solution, noting that similar measures were not required for Magdeburg’s 2025 city festival.