Germany weblog: Dobrindt requires extra powers for the safety of the structure | EUROtoday

On Jan 27, 2026

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The federal authorities needs details about these accountable for the alleged left-wing extremist assault Arson assault on Berlin’s energy provide system in accordance with the Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) is providing a “very high” sum. In the night, Dobrindt neither wished to verify nor deny info from Berlin’s Interior Senator Iris Spranger that one million euro reward had been supplied.

However, within the ntv speak present “Pinar Atalay,” Dobrindt emphasised that he anticipated that with a really excessive reward, all alternatives can be used to “take a closer look at” these left-wing extremist teams, of which there are a number of. A search idea towards the group will likely be offered this Tuesday. Then the reward can even play a job.

Dobrindt introduced that he would broaden the Office for the Protection of the Constitution – even past the pure intelligence service. “I want it to be a real secret service. That means you also have operational skills, not just collecting intelligence, but also taking action against it operationally when you have insights.”

In the vital infrastructure, in accordance with Dobrindt, the type of the Transparency will be lowered. This will likely be mentioned within the coalition committee this week: “In my view, it cannot be the case that people who want to carry out attacks can, with publicly available information, select and identify the attack target with which they will cause the most damage.”

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