Germany could send troops into streets for first time since war
Berlin debates contentious move as France extends state of emergency and Italy boosts protection
By Justin Huggler in Berlin and Henry Samuel in Paris
TelegraphUK
19 Nov 2015
Germany could deploy armed soldiers on its streets for the first time since the Second World War, as Europe went into lockdown in the wake of the Paris attacks.
The German proposals would be highly controversial in a country that remains deeply reluctant to use its armed forces because of its Nazi past.
Ministers raised the idea after Tuesday night’s friendly football match between Germany and Holland in Hanover was cancelled minutes before kick-off following a tip-off from intelligence in another EU state.
According to German media, a group of attackers had planned to set off multiple explosives at the stadium, where Angela Merkel was due to attend the match, and to detonate a bomb in the city centre.
Wolfgang Schäuble, the finance minister, has publicly called for the military to be used in the event of coordinated terror attacks on a German city.
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