Sebastian Willnow/dpa-Centralbild/dpa Last moments in the Federal Republic of Germany: escorted by police to deportation (Leipzig, 24 November 2015)
But then suddenly things happen at lightning speed. After the Solingen attack, the federal government quickly came up with a “security package.” The bill package was presented as a draft law just a week after it was announced. The signal government also hopes that parliamentary deliberation will take place quickly.
“We delivered,” said a delighted Federal Interior Minister (SPD) Nancy Pärger. German press In Berlin. “We are ensuring increased protection against Islamic terrorism, increased deportation of violent criminals, a ban on the use of knives, facial recognition of criminals, etc.” Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) believes that the first consultations in the Bundestag could take place as early as this week. “It is now in the hands of the parliament to move all this forward quickly. In the past few days, they have been working at full speed to implement the security package quickly.”
With the security package, the federal government says it is responding to the Islamist attack in Solingen that left three dead and eight injured. Among other things, it seeks to stop benefits for refugees who have agreed to process and repatriate those affected in other European countries. A “Dublin Task Force of Federal and State Governments” will organize deportations to other EU countries.
It should also be easier to deport refugees who commit crimes using weapons or other dangerous tools. Migrants who commit crimes should be more easily excluded from protection in Germany. People who travel to their home country “without a good reason” should also lose their right to protection.
We should further restrict the use of knives in public places and completely ban their use on long-distance buses and trains, folk festivals and other major events. There should also be a general ban on switchblades, except for hunters, for example.
There are also plans to expand the powers of the security services to combat ‘Islamism’. In the future, investigators will be able to compare publicly available biometric images with photographs of suspects or wanted persons. The domestic secret service, the “Verfassungsschutz”, will also be granted new powers. Further bans on groups identified as Islamist will follow.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said that the migration talks with the opposition and the states will not fail thanks to the Traffic Light coalition. “I hope it works because it is good for society and peace,” the SPD politician said during a public debate in his constituency in Teltow, Brandenburg.
“The fact that it is forbidden to carry knives anywhere does not mean that no one will carry one,” Robert Krumbach, president of BSW in Brandenburg, told the newspaper. German press Skeptical. But he believes it is fundamentally right to make it easier to deport criminals.
Left co-chair Janine Wissler sharply criticised the government’s security package. “The traffic light government is awash with measures that are not solving any problems, but are playing into the hands of the right,” she told the paper. daily mirror On Friday, she said, “It is wrong and racist to punish an entire group and hold individuals collectively responsible for their crimes based on their origins.”
The details of the security package known confirm Pro Asyl’s worst fears, Wiebke Judith commented on the proposed law. She sees the benefits as being reduced to zero, as a treacherous deterrent policy that is unworthy of a Social Democratic prime minister. By completely excluding benefits for the Dublin case, the federal government is clearly violating the basic law.
