Dirk Wiese, the new parliamentary executive director of the SPD faction in the Bundestag, has defended the reinforcement of the Federal Police with the readiness police at the borders. “This is the right decision and we have always said so” he told the news magazine Politico.
Even the parliamentary left stands behind the migration turn of Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU): “We as the SPD always act together.” Wiese added: “We have a good basis in the coalition agreement.” He led the SPD working group on interior and migration during the coalition negotiations. “The reinforcements at the border through the Federal Police and readiness police are measures that we agreed on in the end.”
It is now important to look at the workload of the police, according to the social democrat: “We should look a bit to make sure that the colleagues at the border do not have to work hundreds of overtime hours.” “I have heard that Alexander Dobrindt has to work shifts of twelve hours now. This cannot always be continued, because the colleagues need to rest properly at some point.