More money for justice: Justice League calls for a billion

Union and SPD promise a security offensive, the German Richterbund is concerned about wrong priorities. Instead, its managing director demands more money for justice.

Black and red promises tougher laws and more police powers for internal security. According to German judges, however, the fight against crime requires above all one thing: more personnel for the judiciary. The consequences of the weakly occupied authorities are already enormous.

The CDU/CSU and SPD are debating a "security offensive" that utilizes all "European and constitutional scope." The German Judges' Association is calling for massive investments in criminal justice—with a "rule of law billion" budget. A mandatory storage requirement for IP addresses on the internet is also proposed.

In the final spurt of the coalition negotiations, the German Association of Judges CDU/CSU and SPD called for massive investments in criminal justice in order to improve internal security. “In the coalition papers, the Union and the SPD promise a security campaign with more staff, more investigative powers and stricter laws in the fight against crime,” said the managing director of the association of judges, Sven Rebehn, to the “editorial networ…

In the coalition papers, the Union and the SPD promise a security offensive. In order to achieve this, massive investments in justice are needed, says the judge's association. Its boss Sven Rebehn demands a billion euros for internal security. There are major deficits, especially in criminal justice.