Lawyers' association warns of “significant interference with fundamental rights” at the European Football Championship in Germany. The German Lawyers' Association (DAV) was extremely critical of the potentially new measures.
In particular, biometric video surveillance was viewed with great concern by the DAV Security Committee. Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann warned of negative side effects. “It’s not just happy fans who come to us,” he said, pointing out that “a football festival of joy is not a festival of naivety”