“The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine also marks a turning point in internal security. We are arming ourselves for that’, says Faeser of the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ (Saturday edition).
“Protecting our vital infrastructure has the highest priority,” the minister assured. The safety authorities are taking “additional protective measures if necessary”. The protection of maritime infrastructure has been “increased by a significantly increased presence of the federal police at sea”.
Faeser announced that she “will submit key points for a CRITIS umbrella law to the cabinet later this year”. The operators should “completely arm themselves against dangers such as natural disasters, terrorism, sabotage but also human error”. The government will introduce further reporting obligations for security incidents, thereby “strengthening security of supply in Germany and Europe”.
The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, in which Germany is clearly on the side of Kiev, has significantly increased concerns about attacks on German infrastructure. Last Saturday, sabotage on Deutsche Bahn’s cable network led to the interruption of train services in large parts of northern Germany.
In late September, four leaks were discovered off the Danish island of Bornholm on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, which run from Russia to Germany and were caused by violent explosions, according to an official Danish-Swedish report.
(SDA)