Committees of the German Bundestag are discussing the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market to decide whether the tragic incident could have been prevented.
Two Bundestag committees opened Controversy over tragic attack On December 20, five people, including a nine-year-old boy, died at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. Members of the German Parliament continued the debate. Determining whether deadly attack at Christmas market could have been prevented.
The Internal Affairs Committee of the Bundestag held the hearing with the aim of clarifying whether the competent authorities made mistakes when providing the parameters and parameters. ensuring public safety. Many senior German politicians, including Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, attended the meeting. The heads of the country’s intelligence agency, the Federal Criminal Police Service and the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees also attended the session.
Germany You need to strengthen your internal security
Faeser said: The country needs to strengthen its internal security. The Minister of Internal Affairs emphasized that more personnel are needed in all areas. Faeser suggested 2025 budget draftProvisions include the need for 1,000 more police officers for Germany’s federal police force and a 1 billion euro more budget for security authorities.
“After the terrible Solingen attackWe draw broad conclusions from the federal government’s suite of security measures. “We will now do everything possible to draw the right lessons from this,” Faeser said at a press conference after the debate. “To do this, we must first: continue investigationsbut at the same time, even before this terrible act, it was absolutely clear that we needed to strengthen our security authorities. “Our security officials need all the necessary skills and more personnel.”
Investigation against the psychiatrist responsible for the mass attack
“Today is the beginning of this investigation so that this crime can be solved and attributed,” said Sebastian Hartmann, a member of parliament from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group.
Other German opposition MPs were harsher in their comments. Andrea Lindholz, a member of the opposition CDU/CSU parliamentary group, said: “Who exactly was the perpetrator? What is known about him? It is known that he came to Germany in 2006 and that he was in fact or in name.” Trained as a specialist in psychiatry And I was working here too. “But he also threatened several employees of the medical association officials, and at least two criminal cases were opened against him, requiring minor convictions.”
Magdeburg attack deepens the crisis in Germany
The tragic event further exacerbates the internal crisis in Germany. At the beginning of the month, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses vote of confidenceIt bankrupted his government, causing the German president to call early elections. Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced that it will be held on February 23.
Germany suffered Numerous extremist attacks in recent yearsThey include a stabbing attack at a festival in the western city of Solingen in August that killed three people and injured eight. The Magdeburg attack came eight years after a violent Islamist extremist crashed a truck into a populated area. Berlin Christmas MarketIt caused the death of 13 people and the injury of many others.
