The German government has approved a bill intended to eliminate many of the restrictions imposed on its intelligence services in the post-war period. The measures come in a context where the country has been targeted by two attacks in a single month, revealing serious security gaps, reports The Guardian.
The amendments, which will also have to pass the parliamentary vote, largely respect a list of requests compiled by external and internal intelligence services, which have long complained that Germany lags behind its allies and adversaries.
“We are transforming our information services into real secret services,” declared Alexander Dobrindt, the German Interior Minister, for the daily newspaper Bild, which described this change as a “revolution” in terms of security and a “historic” moment.
“It is time for us to position ourselves in such a way as to be competitive and on an equal footing with partner services from around the world. For this, operational capacities and active skills are necessary to combat modern state terrorism and extremist groups more effectively“, Dobrindt emphasized.
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