OG Language: https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-Magdeburg-Bundesregierung-will-Vorratsdatenspeicherung-10222129.html
Alternative English Link: https://archive.ph/AxAlZ
Following the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg on December 20, the Parliamentary Control Panel for the Intelligence Services and the Bundestag’s Committee on Internal Affairs were briefed by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) and representatives of the security authorities in a special session. At the same time, the red-green federal government has now declared data retention to be its own wish.
Yeah, they don’t even bother to justify or explain their reasoning anymore.