First, the German people were told to stockpile food and water.
Now? From The Local - Germany's news in English:
Govt advice to stockpile food criticized as 'scaremongering'
“By bringing out new plans all the time, the government could completely worry people and even lead them to panic buy,” Dietmar Bartsch, co-leader of Die Linke (The Left Party) told the Rheinische Post on Monday.
The government shouldn’t be adding to the sense of fear on a daily basis, Bartsch added.
Bartsch was responding to Interior Ministry plans published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on Sunday, advising people to stockpile food for ten days and water for five days - an estimated two litres per person per day.
The plan, which makes civilian backing of troops a priority while boosting the resilience of buildings and increasing capacity in the healthcare system, is due to be adopted by the government on Wednesday.
The proposal is Germany’s first civil defense strategy since the end of the Cold War.
Gee - the co-leader of The Left Party is advising against self-reliance? Worried that the German citizens will not need to rely on a central government to take care of them at all times.
What makes me wonder is what are people thinking with publishing this call - is Putin up to something? Is there a mass terrorist attack being planned.
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