US EditionIn Germany, a New Law to Protect Infrastructure Against the Russian Threat
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A criminal arson against electrical installations, in early January, had plunged more than 100,000 people in Berlin in the dark and deprived some heating homes. An attack which is not a single case and which worries Germany, in the collimator of Russia and other groups. A law adopted on Thursday 29 January 2026 will enable the country to better protect its essential infrastructure.
Waterworks and energy suppliers now have to comply with stricter rules.The Kritis roof law is designed to protect against attacks – and to avoid things like the Berlin blackout.
The attack on Berlin's power grid was just the latest example of how vulnerable Germany can be. Today, the Bundestag passed a new law to protect critical infrastructure. What is it about?
The Bundestag has today decided on the KRITIS roof law. It is intended to oblige operators to ensure a minimum level of protection of their plants. First problems are foreseeable.
Sabotage, power failure – stricter rules should apply to operators of critical infrastructure. Will the Kritis roof law make Germany safer?
With the decision of the KRITIS roof law in second and third reading, the German Bundestag has adopted this week a central building block to strengthen internal security and state capacity for action. The aim of the law is to regulate the protection of critical infrastructures in Germany for the first time in a united, systematic and forward-looking manner. Critical infrastructures – for example in the areas of energy, water, nutrition, health, …
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