(de-news.net) – In coalition talks between the Union and SPD to establish a new federal government, Herbert Reul, the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (CDU), wants to provide a complete security inventory. He highlights the necessity of finding practical answers to urgent security policy problems in the wake of the sad events in Solingen, Magdeburg, Aschaffenburg, and Munich.
In order to increase the effectiveness of police and intelligence services in the fight against terrorists and criminals, Reul supports improved data sharing capabilities across security organizations. He lists a number of critical internal security duties, such as implementing traffic data preservation. In order to aid in the investigation of major crimes including terrorism, capital offenses, and child pornography, this bill would mandate that internet providers record IP addresses and port numbers for a certain amount of time.
Reul draws attention to how difficult it is to link IP addresses to particular users in Germany because there are no regulations requiring data preservation. He believes the protracted discussion will come to an end with the 2022 verdict by the European Court of Justice, which found that the retention of traffic data was, in some circumstances, compliant with European law.
Reul wants to bring back a cross-procedural research and analysis platform, which enables concurrent searches across many police databases to find relationships between people. Reul expects that will have majority support if the FDP leaves the Bundestag, despite privacy concerns. Additionally, he supports the relaxation of data privacy laws that now limit police probes between federal states.
Additionally, NRW might develop a pilot initiative for risk assessment of possible attackers outside of typical extremism with the SPD as a government partner. In order to find those with psychiatric problems who could be more likely to use violence or weapons, police, schools, and health authorities collaborate on this project.
Modernizing police communication is one area where the Union and SPD may agree. Reul contends that compared to the current digital radio system, broadband technology can deliver more vital information to control centers and operational areas. Appropriate frequencies must be purchased and set aside for this purpose by the incoming administration.
Whether a black-red coalition deal will include a reform of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is still up in the air. Reul favors making it easier for the agency to conduct internet searches, granting access to potentially harmful people’s computer systems, and enabling the extraction of GPS data from automobiles.
Reul also suggests eliminating the 14-year-old minimum age requirement for data retention. He makes the case that young people of all ages should be able to be included in intelligence information systems, pointing to the growing radicalization of youth that is partially caused by the expanding influence of digital media.
