Quick Freeze: Germany freezes EU debate as well

The debate about the retention of connection and location data has been going on for almost two decades – in Germany and in the EU. As the technology evolved, courts successively placed tight limits on national implementations and the underlying EU regulation. Always opposed to large-scale retention: the liberal FDP and the Greens. Now they govern Germany together with the social democratic SPD, the political weight has shifted in their favor. Responsible for the dossier is Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP).