In the debate about a ban on firecrackers on New Year’s Eve Medical President Klaus Reinhardt appealed to politicians to live up to their responsibility to protect the population. “The federal and state interior ministers must finally act and protect the population from the dangers of shooting,” said the president
Federal Medical Association dem Editorial Network Germany (RND).
“The unregulated shooting always leads to serious injuries, even to those who are not involved, it scares many people, is bad for the climate and causes enormous amounts of waste,” he said. Nobody has anything against organized fireworks displays in central places, but the “wild firecrackers” must be banned. “This has nothing to do with a culture of prohibition, but rather shows the insight of a mature society to leave something dangerous behind,” said the doctor.
Fireworks can cause war refugees to fear death
Accordingly, many people suffer injuries and burns from exploding fireworks every year. Children and young people are often affected by blast trauma. “This ensures that emergency rooms in the clinics are full and costs the statutory health insurance millions,” said Reinhardt. In addition, in the past we have repeatedly seen firecrackers being used as weapons against the police, fire brigade and rescue workers.
It is also completely wrong to greet the New Year with rockets while there are more than a million war refugees from countries such as Ukraine, Syria or the Gaza Strip living in this country, said Reinhardt. “Many of them have had to experience bombs and grenades in their homeland. The New Year’s Eve bombardment often even triggers fear of death.”
Most recently in a petition More than 2.2 million people called for a nationwide ban on firecrackers for private individuals. The police union (GdP) initiated the petition. According to a survey The majority of Germans want a ban on firecrackers.
