Overview
- Municipalities could prohibit consuming or carrying alcohol for consumption on specified public areas where excessive drinking repeatedly leads to crimes or administrative offenses.
- Any designated area must be justified, time-limited, clearly signposted and subject to regular review.
- Local decisions are expected to rely on situation analyses, including police crime statistics, before ordinances are issued.
- Interior Minister Magdalena Finke emphasized that responsible drinking is not being criminalized and said patrols should monitor any zones.
- Implementation should be embedded in a broader concept that involves police, municipal services, social workers, residents and businesses.