Overview
- Interior Minister Georg Maier cast the overhaul as a response to threats such as attacks on critical infrastructure, cyberattacks and hostile drones, rejecting claims it advances a surveillance state.
- The proposal would enable AI-assisted video to flag weapons or other dangers, authorize tasers and use electronic ankle monitors to warn domestic-violence victims if alleged offenders approach.
- Maier said the plan excludes facial recognition of passersby and the creation of movement profiles.
- The Left and AfD opposed the bill in its current form, while BSW urged tighter safeguards, including judicial approval for certain interventions.
- CDU and SPD lawmakers signaled openness to changes, with expert hearings by police unions, jurists, data-protection specialists and scientists planned, and passage uncertain without Left support.