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2026-11-14 · Aljazeera

German spies granted sweeping new powers

Germany’s parliament has approved sweeping new powers for the country’s intelligence agencies, allowing them to hack and disrupt adversaries under specified conditions as the government seeks to counter espionage and cyberattacks. The Bundestag passed the legislation on Friday by 308 votes to 190, with 71 abstentions. The governing Christian Democrats and Social Democrats backed the reform, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Die Linke, or the Left Party, opposed it.

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