Germany

After rampage armed internal security

For years, the parties disagree as to the possible use of the Bundeswehr Inside. The rampage of Munich, gives the debate a new impetus, with the usual fronts.

Leopard tanks of the Bundeswehr at an event in Herborn/Hessen

Federal interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said the Newspapers of the Funke media group, the internal security is primarily the responsibility of the police. However, the Federal constitutional court had decided that “the Bundeswehr can support the police with their funds in certain particularly dangerous situations”.

According to the baden-württemberg interior Minister, Thomas Strobl, a deployment of soldiers in Munich, Germany and the Zugattentat in Würzburg would have been unnecessary. “We should have a large, serious terror situation, then we must also bring the Bundeswehr to use,” said the CDU politician of the “Stuttgarter Zeitung”. This should be done under the command of the police.

Federal interior Minister de Maizière and his Bavarian colleague Herrmann, at the scene in Munich

The Bavarian interior Minister, Joachim Herrmann, said that the historically-based refusal of military operations overhauled on the Inside. “We are not living in times of the Weimar Republic”, said the CSU politician.

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Criticism from the SPD

SPD-Secretary-General, Katarina Barley said, however, that the fact of Munich should not be for political point-scoring abuse. “Who’s calling now, in the face of tragedy after more Monitoring, isolation and the military in the country, the exploited, the victims,” she said, also the spark group.

The Chairman of the police Union, Oliver Malchow, has argued, with a military use would not show the state only that he was master of the situation. You can demonstrate safety, not with “silver blue-painted leopard tanks in the inner cities”. Politicians from Green and Left criticized the applications, the debate on the Bundeswehr.

Field hunter in readiness

According to the basic law, the national defence task of the armed forces. Only for disaster relief, or in the case of an “Internal emergency” that threatens the democracy, should armed intervention forces on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. According to German defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen had been considered during the amok run in Munich, a deployment of the Bundeswehr.

Minister von der Leyen with German soldiers

“As long as the extent of the stop was not clear on Friday, was a field hunter-unit of the German army moved in Munich in readiness,” said the CDU politician of the “Frankfurt General Sunday newspaper”. About a possible use of the competent police would have had to decide authorities, added by the Leyen. In the case of the amok run, 18 was shot and killed-Year-old on Friday night, nine people before he killed himself. First of all, it had not been clear whether it was in fact a terrorist attack.

“Weapons law exacerbate”

In contrast to the theme of the Bundeswehr in domestic non-partisan consensus in the case of a possible intensification of the weapons law. De Maizière told the newspaper “Bild am Sonntag”, first of all, it must be determined how the 18-year-old triggerman had procured a weapon. “Then we need to consider very carefully whether, and if so where it is still legal action is needed.” The German gun laws are already “very strict”.

The SPD Chairman, Vice-Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, called for better gun control. An unstable or even mentally ill 18-Year-old could not get firearms, said the Federal Minister for economic Affairs of the Funke-group. Everything had to be done in order to limit access to deadly weapons, and to strictly control.

wl/jj (dpa, afp, rtr)