German govt OKs new crisis guidelines, rejects criticism
Germany's government on Wednesday approved new guidelines for protecting the population in case of emergencies such as attacks or long-term power outages, and the country's top security official pushed back against criticism of the timing and manner of its presentation.
The "Civil Protection Concept" approved by the Cabinet is the first update to the plan since 1995. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said it was overdue given how much the challenges have changed since and has been in the works for four years.
The likeliest challenge now, he said, is a prolonged power outage in part or all of the country, a major problem for an increasingly digitalized society.
"I can imagine that there are groups or states, or a mixture of groups and states, that would have an interest in testing out how resilient, how adaptable, German society is regarding our dependency on the power supply," he said, without elaborating on who those groups or countries might be.
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