Apparently the government needs a two-thirds majority to pass this kind of law, which usually means that some part of the opposition needs to vote for a law proposed by the government. The two-thirds majority requirement might be due to WW2, but the real issue is that the then-opposition would literally rather have a foreign country continuously violate our airspace than give one crumb to the other side. I doubt the CDU (then opposition, now government leader) actually had much issue with the content of the law.
Also, for a long time this kind of thing just wasn’t necessary. I doubt the sowjets were regularly flying military jets into West German airspace.
Germany has to draft laws in order to defend its own airspace?
Jesus is that like something NATO did to them after ww2?
The Bundeswehr is not authorized to use force in Germany itself in peace times. That’s the job of the police.
However air defence hasn’t really been part of their job description, hence the need to adjust the law.
Apparently the government needs a two-thirds majority to pass this kind of law, which usually means that some part of the opposition needs to vote for a law proposed by the government. The two-thirds majority requirement might be due to WW2, but the real issue is that the then-opposition would literally rather have a foreign country continuously violate our airspace than give one crumb to the other side. I doubt the CDU (then opposition, now government leader) actually had much issue with the content of the law.
Also, for a long time this kind of thing just wasn’t necessary. I doubt the sowjets were regularly flying military jets into West German airspace.
No.
They would have to draft laws to defend when there is no attack. Or to defend while not calling the attack an attack.
“No bullshit” has been a good principle in most of the laws, up until recently…