Politicians argue about the ban on firecrackers: Who is responsible?

Politicians argue about the ban on firecrackers: Who is responsible?

Berlin is faced with a heated debate on the topic of firing ban. On Thursday, the majority of the House of Representatives voted against an application by the Greens, which demanded a general ban on fireworks for private use. The riots of New Year's Eve left almost 400 injuries and damage to property in the millions. The Greens called for a ban on sales for pyrotechnics and their own prohibition zone to protect humans, animals and the environment from the dangers of the "Böllerwahnsinn". But the CDU, SPD and AfD rejected the proposal, which further fueled the debate about security and order in the city, as the BZ Berlin

demands for a nationwide prohibition

The discussion about a firing ban does not only take place in the Berlin House of Representatives. On January 6, the German Environmental Aid (DUH) and the union of the police (GDP) handed over more than 1,961,000 signatures for a nationwide ban on fireworks in the capital to the State Secretary Juliane Seifert. According to Jürgen Resch, the federal manager of the DUH, such a ban is necessary to avoid injuries and environmental damage. He criticized the dangers that legal firecrackers assume and called for a change to the explosive regulation before the next Bundestag election. For Resch, the firecracker is an archaic phenomenon that urgently needs to be reformed, and at the event, the victims of New Year's Eve Böllerei should be heard, which would continue to support the demands for a ban, according to Duh.