Overview

• At a CSU Landtag retreat, Markus Söder announced plans for a Rüstungsgesetz alongside a new Landesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz and a Defense Lab in Erding.
• The proposed law would accelerate and privilege the settlement and expansion of defense companies, including faster building approvals with fewer obstacles.
• The Staatskanzlei will draft the bill in cooperation with the Bavarian Economics Ministry for Landtag consideration, with no enactment date yet specified.
• The planned civil-protection office would coordinate local responsibilities statewide, ensure hospital capacity planning, and record existing or planned shelters.
• The Erding Defense Lab would provide a drone test range and cyber-security research space as Bavaria, already hosting about 150 defense firms and 120,000 workers, seeks more federal funding, with Söder pointing to a possible 30 percent share of the Bundeswehr special fund.