@aral The same people (Ministry of the Interior)—or rather their head, Nancy Faeser, a surveillance fanatic—is also currently establishing a police state in Germany that puts both 1984 and Hitler's Gestapo to shame.
She allows police to use ClearviewAI to establish omnipresent face recognition video surveillance. She already allowed police to search your pockets for no reason when before it was allowed only in known criminal hot spots.
Mind you, neo-nazi party AfD will come to power next year.