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**Exciting Times — The “State of Tension” Becomes a Topic**
Roderich Kiesewetter is currently urging the federal government to declare a “state of tension.” What would the country look like under such a scenario?
The term *“Spannungsfall”* (state of tension) was met in the 1960s with widespread street protests across Germany. Back then, during the Cold War, the Bundestag passed the emergency laws to prepare Germany for times of crisis. Today, the term is largely forgotten, yet it still remains in the Basic Law (Grundgesetz). It refers to an exceptional situation between peace and war: even without an enemy attack, the state may grant itself special powers.
The legal basis is **Article 80a** of the Basic Law. It provides that the Bundestag can determine the state of tension. A two-thirds majority is needed for this decision. Once adopted, laws that lie dormant in peacetime come into force — namely, the emergency laws (for example: the Economic Security Act, the Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Act, the Food Provision Act). These expand the state’s capacity to act — and at the same time restrict individual rights.
Thus, the state of tension is an intermediate state: it differs from a state of defense (armed attack) and from an internal state of emergency (mass civil unrest). It signals: we are not yet at war, but we must prepare.
### What can the federal government do then?
**Military measures:** Conscription may be introduced without parliamentary control. Basic military conscripts could be called up, and reservists activated. Women may be obligated to serve in medical and health professions (Art. 12a GG). The use of the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) domestically would be possible — to secure facilities, transport routes, or to avert threats.
Several fundamental rights may be downgraded — among them:
* The secrecy of mail and telecommunications (Art. 10 GG) — communication surveillance permitted.
* Freedom of movement (Art. 11 GG) — movement restrictions, travel bans, establishment of exclusion zones, and forced evacuations may be imposed.
* Inviolability of the home (Art. 13 GG) — homes may be requisitioned or used as emergency shelters or command centers; also, home searches without a court order could be possible.
* Freedom of occupation (Art. 12 GG) — citizens may be obligated to carry out certain tasks: for example in transportation, hospitals, or the arms industry.
**Economic interventions:** Under the Economic Security Act, the state may intervene deeply in the economy: raw materials may be allocated, prices fixed, and companies compelled to produce certain goods. Gas stations may be allowed to supply only the military, police, and emergency services. Food could be rationed.
**Civil protection:** According to the Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Act, shelters may be used, cities evacuated, and citizens compelled to perform aid work. Fire services, rescue teams, and hospitals would come under state control.
**Restrictions on the press:** Officially, Art. 5 GG (freedom of expression) remains intact — even in tension or emergency. However, journalistic correspondence might be screened, and critical reporting could be classified as defeatism. In a state of tension, the government would no longer have to claim disinformation is being spread, as even truthful information might be considered defeatist.
Newspaper and book production could be slowed by paper rationing.
**International aspects:** The state of tension would ease NATO troop movement on German territory, allow allied use of infrastructure, and enable the execution of alliance plans without parliamentary control.
### A look into daily life under a state of tension
Under this emergency law regime, for example, a truck driver might be obliged to transport fuel for the Bundeswehr instead of doing their usual job. A family might have to vacate their home so that it may be used as quarters for soldiers. In a border region, civilians might be barred from certain roads or newly established exclusion zones.
Anyone working (or who once worked) in the medical sector could receive an obligatory service order. Fratzscher’s labor service for pensioners — in a state of tension it might quickly become reality.
It can also be assumed that under tension-mode, the federal government would harshly prosecute **§ 109d StGB** (disruptive propaganda against the Bundeswehr). Eased rules for home searches could aid in tracking down people who hold a critical stance toward the new normal. Critical journalists might be conscripted into service.
The state of tension allows the federal government — without checks — to intrude deeply into citizens’ lives and place them under tremendous physical and psychological pressure. The experience with the Corona emergency may hint at how the political elites of the Republic of Berlin might use their new powers.
Officially, Russia would be cited as the trigger of the state of tension — while the government might ignite a war against its own population — and would it?
### Without oversight
While legal recourse remains formally open — citizens could even file lawsuits before the Federal Constitutional Court against measures taken under the state of tension — after the crisis experience since 2020, few believe this offers true protection against abuse.
There is little literature on how misuse-resistant the state of tension would actually be — partly because it has never been applied in this way. It is stipulated that the state of tension may not become a permanent establishment, but only last as long as a threat persists. But herein lies a problem: the government ends the state of tension by a simple majority vote — no external check is required.
Thus, there is no controlling body, unless one counts the Constitutional Court — a court staffed with political appointees, which in the past has shown sympathy to decision-makers.
When Roderich Kiesewetter demanded the state of tension yesterday, what he called for was total — and yes: totalitarian — state influence over citizens’ private lives. The state of tension is a declaration of war against everything that those who constantly defend democracy with flowery rhetoric claim should be untouchable. Exciting, indeed …
* At first, it was stated that a simple majority would suffice. That is incorrect. Also, the Bundesrat has no approval power.
Translated from this source:
https://overton-magazin.de/hintergrund/politik/spannende-zeiten-der-spannungsfall-wird-zum-thema
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**Exciting Times — The “State of Tension” Becomes a Topic**
Roderich Kiesewetter is currently urging the federal government to declare a “state of tension.” What would the country look like under such a scenario?
The term *“Spannungsfall”* (state of tension) was met in the 1960s with widespread street protests across Germany. Back then, during the Cold War, the Bundestag passed the emergency laws to prepare Germany for times of crisis. Today, the term is largely forgotten, yet it still remains in the Basic Law (Grundgesetz). It refers to an exceptional situation between peace and war: even without an enemy attack, the state may grant itself special powers.
The legal basis is **Article 80a** of the Basic Law. It provides that the Bundestag can determine the state of tension. A two-thirds majority is needed for this decision. Once adopted, laws that lie dormant in peacetime come into force — namely, the emergency laws (for example: the Economic Security Act, the Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Act, the Food Provision Act). These expand the state’s capacity to act — and at the same time restrict individual rights.
Thus, the state of tension is an intermediate state: it differs from a state of defense (armed attack) and from an internal state of emergency (mass civil unrest). It signals: we are not yet at war, but we must prepare.
### What can the federal government do then?
**Military measures:** Conscription may be introduced without parliamentary control. Basic military conscripts could be called up, and reservists activated. Women may be obligated to serve in medical and health professions (Art. 12a GG). The use of the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) domestically would be possible — to secure facilities, transport routes, or to avert threats.
Several fundamental rights may be downgraded — among them:
* The secrecy of mail and telecommunications (Art. 10 GG) — communication surveillance permitted.
* Freedom of movement (Art. 11 GG) — movement restrictions, travel bans, establishment of exclusion zones, and forced evacuations may be imposed.
* Inviolability of the home (Art. 13 GG) — homes may be requisitioned or used as emergency shelters or command centers; also, home searches without a court order could be possible.
* Freedom of occupation (Art. 12 GG) — citizens may be obligated to carry out certain tasks: for example in transportation, hospitals, or the arms industry.
**Economic interventions:** Under the Economic Security Act, the state may intervene deeply in the economy: raw materials may be allocated, prices fixed, and companies compelled to produce certain goods. Gas stations may be allowed to supply only the military, police, and emergency services. Food could be rationed.
**Civil protection:** According to the Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Act, shelters may be used, cities evacuated, and citizens compelled to perform aid work. Fire services, rescue teams, and hospitals would come under state control.
**Restrictions on the press:** Officially, Art. 5 GG (freedom of expression) remains intact — even in tension or emergency. However, journalistic correspondence might be screened, and critical reporting could be classified as defeatism. In a state of tension, the government would no longer have to claim disinformation is being spread, as even truthful information might be considered defeatist.
Newspaper and book production could be slowed by paper rationing.
**International aspects:** The state of tension would ease NATO troop movement on German territory, allow allied use of infrastructure, and enable the execution of alliance plans without parliamentary control.
### A look into daily life under a state of tension
Under this emergency law regime, for example, a truck driver might be obliged to transport fuel for the Bundeswehr instead of doing their usual job. A family might have to vacate their home so that it may be used as quarters for soldiers. In a border region, civilians might be barred from certain roads or newly established exclusion zones.
Anyone working (or who once worked) in the medical sector could receive an obligatory service order. Fratzscher’s labor service for pensioners — in a state of tension it might quickly become reality.
It can also be assumed that under tension-mode, the federal government would harshly prosecute **§ 109d StGB** (disruptive propaganda against the Bundeswehr). Eased rules for home searches could aid in tracking down people who hold a critical stance toward the new normal. Critical journalists might be conscripted into service.
The state of tension allows the federal government — without checks — to intrude deeply into citizens’ lives and place them under tremendous physical and psychological pressure. The experience with the Corona emergency may hint at how the political elites of the Republic of Berlin might use their new powers.
Officially, Russia would be cited as the trigger of the state of tension — while the government might ignite a war against its own population — and would it?
### Without oversight
While legal recourse remains formally open — citizens could even file lawsuits before the Federal Constitutional Court against measures taken under the state of tension — after the crisis experience since 2020, few believe this offers true protection against abuse.
There is little literature on how misuse-resistant the state of tension would actually be — partly because it has never been applied in this way. It is stipulated that the state of tension may not become a permanent establishment, but only last as long as a threat persists. But herein lies a problem: the government ends the state of tension by a simple majority vote — no external check is required.
Thus, there is no controlling body, unless one counts the Constitutional Court — a court staffed with political appointees, which in the past has shown sympathy to decision-makers.
When Roderich Kiesewetter demanded the state of tension yesterday, what he called for was total — and yes: totalitarian — state influence over citizens’ private lives. The state of tension is a declaration of war against everything that those who constantly defend democracy with flowery rhetoric claim should be untouchable. Exciting, indeed …
* At first, it was stated that a simple majority would suffice. That is incorrect. Also, the Bundesrat has no approval power.
Translated from this source:
https://overton-magazin.de/hintergrund/politik/spannende-zeiten-der-spannungsfall-wird-zum-thema
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thats COVID 2.0 without a virus .... and more extras ,damn, i heard from a woman in bavaria that the gov said you need to make food reserves... but sorry no sorry, THE EU IS A SH++hole.... we didnt needed that EURO MONEY PRINTER , even germany was better before the idea of the EURO came
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Yeah, a few years ago, Merkel said: “Germans have no right to perpetual democracy.”
It was then claimed that she had been misunderstood... but what is there to misunderstand about that statement?
And yes, things have been going downhill since the introduction of the euro. Back then, everything became TWICE as expensive from one day to the next. Since then, the trend has been upward.
Yeah, a few years ago, Merkel said: “Germans have no right to perpetual democracy.”
It was then claimed that she had been misunderstood... but what is there to misunderstand about that statement?
And yes, things have been going downhill since the introduction of the euro. Back then, everything became TWICE as expensive from one day to the next. Since then, the trend has been upward.
They need a war to do their Great Reset. The globalist are moving fully to control the masses. If they can't win they will burn everything down for spite. How dare the peasants rise against us.
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I will not fight for this country. I refuse in every way possible, even if it means going into the forest and living there. I will not participate in their nonsense, and I do not support these warmongering, completely undemocratic, fascist politicians who imagine they can rule us.
They no longer abide by many laws themselves, so why should I?
This is not a government, it is a gang of criminals. Nothing more.
They no longer abide by many laws themselves, so why should I?
This is not a government, it is a gang of criminals. Nothing more.
Left out the biggest point: Elections. Theres a certain party that they wanna get rid of (Parteiverbotsverfahren) and the same party is currently leading in polls.
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