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The German military will in future be able to use its weapons on German streets in an extreme situation, the Federal Constitutional Court says.
The ruling says the armed forces can be deployed only if Germany faces an assault of "catastrophic proportions", but not to control demonstrations.
The decision to deploy forces must be approved by the federal government...
...The judges had in mind a terrorist incident involving armed attackers in public places...
No need for an outcry that this is in response to a current situation within Europe at all.
Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by corporateslave
It's more a case of creating a legal basis for deploying troops on the streets in response to some ostensible 'threat'. (Nothing to do with any false flag / collapse of the Euro, etc. It's all for your own good, as you say, just to keep everyone nice and safe. How kind. Why don't other countries demand troops on the streets for the sake of equality?..)
No need for an outcry that this is in response to a current situation within Europe at all.
The discussion about that topic started years ago, already, after the decision was made to allow germany to have an own army again, back in the 50's
What's the difference between veteran soldier in police uniforms wielding machine guns and tactical gear and a soldier wielding machine guns and tactical gear. Nothing.