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The interior minister, Horst Seehofer (CSU), according to information from SPIEGEL, accommodates the SPD when he asks for a study on racism in the police. Until now, Seehofer had rejected such an investigation. In a meeting between Seehofer and Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) at the Chancellery on Monday, there was now an approximation of the question.
Consequently, there should not be an explicit investigation into racism in the police. Rather, the study should be broader and, according to information from SPIEGEL, address the everyday experiences of officials. In addition to the experience of hatred and violence against police officers, it must also be examined whether officers always live up to the claim that there is no tolerance for extremism, racism and anti-Semitism in public service.
It is not yet clear how exactly the project will be implemented. Part of the research aims to analyze the relationship between society and the police in more detail, such as the changing conditions of the social framework.
The commitment is based on a proposal from the Police Union (GdP). Recently, he called for an “investigation into the daily life of the police” to document the contamination. It should also be found out why “prejudices against certain social groups” sometimes solidified among individual officials, and what can be done about it.
At the meeting at the Chancellery there were also commitments on several other controversial issues. Merkel, Seehofer and Scholz agreed that the federal secret services should have more surveillance powers. In the future, all three services should be able to reproduce suspicious Trojans on mobile phones to be able to record messages and calls through applications like WhatsApp. The coalition had been arguing about this for months.
The rights of the child must be included in the Basic Law
In return, the SPD receives a series of concessions from the Union. For example, in the future there should be a Federal Government Commissioner for Racism and the term “race” should be removed from the Basic Law. Furthermore, initiatives against extremism should be better financed and the rights of the child should be anchored in the Basic Law.
Specifically, the latter is about the best interests of the child, as well as the right to become independent personalities and to be heard. The compromise will be approved in this legislative period.
In addition to the study on the everyday experiences of the police, there should also be a larger study on everyday racism. According to information from SPIEGEL, the agreement should “investigate the development and dissemination of discriminatory acts in civil society, in businesses and companies, as well as in public institutions that are motivated by racist attitudes.” This is followed by regular monitoring to collect relevant data for Germany.
