Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder has intervened in the annual New Year’s Eve debate about a ban on private shooting. “A general ban on firecrackers is the wrong approach,” said the CSU politician to “Bild am Sonntag” https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/.”Joie de vivre at the turn of the year is fine. You should be aware of some semi-criminals, such as Example last year in Berlin, don’t punish everyone else.”
The Bavarian head of government emphasized that cities could exclude certain parts of the city from firecrackers for security reasons. “But a general ban is not proportionate. Personally, I’m not a big fan of it because of our dogs, but ultimately everyone should decide for themselves.”
After the riots in Berlin last New Year’s Eve, the CSU leader said to the capital, which was then governed by the red-green-red coalition: “Unfortunately, Berlin is developing into a city of chaos – starting with the politicians, who neither organize elections nor ensure the safety of their citizens can guarantee.” Berlin now has a CDU head of government in Kai Wegner. In the Bavarian state election campaign in 2023, Söder ruled out a coalition with the Greens because they lived in a “world of prohibitions” – he also explicitly mentioned a ban on firecrackers, which the party was in favor of.