Green Party demands urgent reform of Germany's intelligence agencies
To mark the 70th anniversary of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), the Green Party has urged the federal government to accelerate reforms of the country's intelligence agencies.
"In an era of extreme geopolitical tension, our intelligence services need clear direction and political backing to carry out their vital work," Konstantin von Notz, deputy leader of the Green Party's parliamentary group, told the Rheinische Post (Thursday edition). He accused the government of failing to provide either.
"Our intelligence agencies urgently need a modern, constitutionally sound legal framework for their day-to-day operations," said von Notz, who also serves as deputy chair of the Parliamentary Control Panel (PKGr), the body overseeing Germany's intelligence services. "Yet to this day, parliament has received no reform proposals—neither for amending the BND Act nor the law governing the domestic intelligence agency, the BfV. This is a glaring security policy failure."
He stressed that reform was not only long overdue but also constitutionally required. "A high-performing foreign intelligence service is of paramount importance to our nation's security," the Green lawmaker added.
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