Germany has raised the threat level due to the risk of terrorist attacks

Germany raises the threat level to high due to the risk of terrorist attacks. This was stated on July 18 in an interview with Die Welt newspaper by the country's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt.

"The increase in incoming messages and intelligence information prompted me to raise the previously defined abstract threat level to a high level. <...> This means that Germany must be prepared for the risk of terrorist attacks at any time," he said.

The politician stated that there are "clearly identifiable" plans for attacks targeting infrastructure, individuals and institutions. He added that German security authorities had recently prevented a terrorist attack.

The government of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to expand the powers of the German intelligence services this summer, allowing them to intervene directly in narrowly defined high-risk situations, and not only to collect and analyze intelligence information.

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Merz said on April 29 that German residents can no longer count on the same level of stability and well-being, because over the past 20 years, the political elite and social movements have underestimated the changes taking place in the world.

In February, the Tagesschau newspaper reported that the economic council of Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party called for the abolition of some social benefits while reducing taxes and social contributions in order to stimulate the economy amid the presence of more than 3 million unemployed in the country.