"Drone alert - Germany must declare a state of emergency" was the headline of welt.de on September 30, 2025.
In view of the suspected Russian provocations in the European skies, the first voices in
politics are calling for a so-called state of tension.
The CDU security politician and former colonel Roderich Kiesewetter demands: This is the only way Germany can better
protect its infrastructure and fend off drones immediately.
But what is really behind this - and what consequences would it have for our daily lives?
Frank Hannig is the father of two sons, a German YouTuber and former lawyer.
He shows what really happens when Germany declares a state of emergency and issues an urgent warning:
"I have two sons, 16 and 21 years old.
They're cool, they're big and I never worry about them, except on days like today.
I am Frank Hannig, that is HANNING Recht.
Yesterday evening I read in a world interview that the first influential CDU politician
is calling for the fallout to be declared.
The case of tension is, so to speak, the preliminary stage to the case of war.
I thought, well, if only one person does that, then I'll google it, then I'll look further and read in the next
interview Chancellor Merz himself, we're not really at war yet, but we're no longer at peace either.
In other words, this stress case will be declared much sooner than I thought.
This case of tension is called the reintroduction of compulsory military service.
And now comes the perfidious thing that worries me so much and why I want to warn you urgently, urgently warn
you to do something if you want to do something, otherwise sit tight, wait, go to the front.
This case of tension is much, much worse than anything we have experienced in Corona.
This voltage drop massively restricts basic rights.
They will officially say, yes, we need a state of tension, we have to declare a state of tension because a NATO
partner, Estonia or something like that, is at risk because five drones flew over it, whoever they came from.
It's all pure fake, so these are just stories to dumb you all down.
This is how all wars in world history have started. That doesn't matter.
If I call out this case of tension, people will say it's about drone defense.
You think you're clever. No, no, it's about compulsory military service. Oh, compulsory military service, kindergarten.
The case of tension leads to massive restrictions on fundamental rights.
For example, attention, hold on and remember Corona, to the massive restriction Article 8 Basic Law.
Freedom of assembly may be restricted whenever the security of the Federation, the security of individual
countries, the security of defense tasks or other security considerations make this necessary.
We also know that there will be major crises in the event of defense or tension.
So there will be demonstrations and counter-demonstrations, which will then simply be banned.
The secrecy of correspondence, post and telecommunications is restricted.
The tension case is declared. And you no longer even need an excuse to read your e-mails.
You just have to do it. It's a voltage drop.
Nobody ever thinks about freedom of movement, Article 11 of the Basic Law, do they? Freedom of movement means freedom to travel.
It can then be decided by decree for any reason that you are no longer allowed to travel out of the country.
Borders can be closed for certain groups of people, otherwise freedom of movement can be restricted.
Freedom of occupation can be restricted. So you can be forced into jobs.
And Article 13 of the Basic Law will no longer apply in full in the event of tension.
This is the inviolability of the home.
This means that under certain circumstances, in order to maintain the defense capability of the Federal Republic of
Germany, officers may search your home without a court order.
Fantastic, isn't it?
In the event of tension, the time limits for court proceedings are extended. They are
extended for matters that are not war-related.
And they are shortened for important matters.
The police, armed forces and civil defense are given extended executive powers.
And you've seen how the police are already taking action during the corona period.
They will have more powers than before.
The Bundeswehr may be deployed inside the country. Great, right?
The legislative powers of the federal government are extended.
The federal government can take over individual tasks that were previously the responsibility of the federal states.
This means that the federal government, which at the moment is still in a very different position to some state regions with
strong AfD participation, can simply withdraw powers from these states, these unpopular states such as Saxony, for example,
and say that we can now do it ourselves as a federal government.
There will be compulsory management.
Agricultural land can be secured if a state of emergency is declared.
There can be production control and there can be confiscations.
You won't believe it yet, but it's coming.
For example, the Economic Security Act comes into force.
And it means that relevant companies can be expropriated.
Naturally in exchange for compensation, federal treasury bills or some other nonsense.
And media freedom is being restricted.
You don't believe that either. You can read about it. Google it yourself.
I also googled it in part because I wouldn't even know anymore. Or looked it up in the law.
Media freedom is restricted.
The media can be asked to exercise restraint - in German, this means a duty of
confidentiality - on supposedly security-relevant topics.
This is the voltage drop.
That's what happens when Kiesewetter gets his way. And our experience says that someone is always sent ahead.
Someone has to be the first to do it. Then it is discussed.
Then the air is out of the discussion. And then it is quietly and secretly pushed forward.
And then at some point the time comes in the Bundestag and nobody cares.
And I'm telling you, tension is the end of democracy.
The case of tension is Germany's entry into a war-directed dictatorship.
This is the abolition of citizens' civil liberties.
And it is the direct path to immediate conscription, to the immediate conscription of all men fit for military service.
And it is the path of your children, your grandchildren to war, the direct path."