Germany's federal police commissioner says tougher border controls are stretching police forces thin. And Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government faced opposition scrutiny at a parliamentary budget debate. Follow DW.

The enormous workload at the borders also has a “noticeable impact on regular police work,” as many of the officers deployed are “absent from their regular duties elsewhere,” warned the commissioner.

  • mormund@feddit.orgEnglish
    23·
    16 days ago
    • Poland and the EU say it’s bad
    • The police say it’s bad
    • Researchers say it’s bad
    • The industry says it’s bad
    • Anyone with compassion says it’s bad

    Great work there CxU. I’m sure rightwing voters will be satisfied aaaaaany moment now.

  • bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    16 days ago

    14.000 police officers being deployed at the border. Wow. And none of them can be confident that they’re acting within the law. Yeah, it’s an emergency, just not the one being relayed.