National Security And Sovereignty Act of 2020 - Saxenheim

Rationale

Strengthening national security, reducing gun violence, and optimizing public resources through streamlined identity verification and law enforcement.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	National Identity Cards	Mandatory ID card	Mandatory biometric ID + central register
2	Firearms Control	Strict licensing, limited categories	Licensed ownership with background checks
3	Asylum & Refugees	Meet international obligations only	Strict processing, limited support
4	Official Language Policy	Multilingual rights guaranteed (core services available in multiple languages)	Single official language for all official documents and courts
5	Deportation	Case-by-case with full appeal rights	Firm enforcement with appeals

1

National Identity Cards

Previous law

Mandatory ID card

Mandatory biometric ID + central register

2

Firearms Control

Previous law

Strict licensing, limited categories

Licensed ownership with background checks

3

Asylum & Refugees

Previous law

Meet international obligations only

Strict processing, limited support

4

Official Language Policy

Previous law

Multilingual rights guaranteed (core services available in multiple languages)

Single official language for all official documents and courts

5

Deportation

Previous law

Case-by-case with full appeal rights

Firm enforcement with appeals

Proposer

Party

Homeland Alliance

A movement for citizens who believe that a nation's strength begins at home. The Homeland Alliance works to defend national interests, support hardworking families, and build a future based on stability, responsibility, and opportunity for all.

Core pillars

KH

Karin Herrmann

Activist · Age 46

88,648 social followers

A reality TV star turned people’s champion, she parlays her celebrity into political influence, channelling working-class frustrations into a media-savvy crusade for traditional values and law and order.

⭐ Celebrity ✨ Charismatic 🌟 Idealist 📺 Media Savvy 🔨 Working Class Background

Timeline

Draft

1 April 2020
Vote Open

1 April 2020
Vote Closed

31 May 2020
Did Not Become Law

31 May 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Bundesrat

Failed

20Yes 47No 2Not voted 69 seats

For: 20 / 69 seats (29.0%)

Against: 47 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 2

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 29.9%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights	14	No	There isn't a single proposal ADFR can support. Mandatory ID cards are a "necessary evil": they're very useful, especially to enable our public administration to offer more and more digital services, but harvesting biometrics data's an extreme, dangerous and pointless measure. Likewise, easing guns control wouldn't bring anything good: data show that the more firearms circulate, the more the incidents and homicides. Finally, we cannot support the law-and-order measures either as they don't help our communities nor our companies, and only end up fanning distrust, discrimination and xenophobia.
Competence And Freedom	12	No	We cannot back this proposal in any form, it aims to reintroduce several policies we have argued and voted against in the past, such as stricter immigration and biometric data collection.
Homeland Alliance Proposer	10	Yes	No reason given
Left Forward	21	No	Needless to say, we cannot agree to this, as it would undermine our constitutional order.
Saxenheim Workers’ Union	10	Yes	A strong and secure nation requires effective systems for identification, public safety, and border management. Strengthening identity verification, maintaining responsible firearm regulation, enforcing immigration laws, and establishing a clear official language policy improves social cohesion, protects citizens, and ensures the state can operate efficiently.
Empty seats	5	Not voted

Bundestag

Failed

184Yes 446No 20Not voted 650 seats

For: 184 / 650 seats (28.3%)

Against: 446 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 20

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 29.2%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights	130	No	There isn't a single proposal ADFR can support. Mandatory ID cards are a "necessary evil": they're very useful, especially to enable our public administration to offer more and more digital services, but harvesting biometrics data's an extreme, dangerous and pointless measure. Likewise, easing guns control wouldn't bring anything good: data show that the more firearms circulate, the more the incidents and homicides. Finally, we cannot support the law-and-order measures either as they don't help our communities nor our companies, and only end up fanning distrust, discrimination and xenophobia.
Competence And Freedom	117	No	We cannot back this proposal in any form, it aims to reintroduce several policies we have argued and voted against in the past, such as stricter immigration and biometric data collection.
Homeland Alliance Proposer	94	Yes	No reason given
Left Forward	199	No	Needless to say, we cannot agree to this, as it would undermine our constitutional order.
Saxenheim Workers’ Union	90	Yes	A strong and secure nation requires effective systems for identification, public safety, and border management. Strengthening identity verification, maintaining responsible firearm regulation, enforcing immigration laws, and establishing a clear official language policy improves social cohesion, protects citizens, and ensures the state can operate efficiently.
Empty seats	52	Not voted

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights

Voted April 19, 2020

No

“There isn't a single proposal ADFR can support. Mandatory ID cards are a "necessary evil": they're very useful, especially to enable our public administration to offer more and more digital services, but harvesting biometrics data's an extreme, dangerous and pointless measure. Likewise, easing guns control wouldn't bring anything good: data show that the more firearms circulate, the more the incidents and homicides. Finally, we cannot support the law-and-order measures either as they don't help our communities nor our companies, and only end up fanning distrust, discrimination and xenophobia.”

Left Forward

Voted April 15, 2020

No

“Needless to say, we cannot agree to this, as it would undermine our constitutional order.”

Competence And Freedom

Voted April 7, 2020

No

“We cannot back this proposal in any form, it aims to reintroduce several policies we have argued and voted against in the past, such as stricter immigration and biometric data collection.”

Saxenheim Workers’ Union

Voted April 2, 2020

Yes

“A strong and secure nation requires effective systems for identification, public safety, and border management. Strengthening identity verification, maintaining responsible firearm regulation, enforcing immigration laws, and establishing a clear official language policy improves social cohesion, protects citizens, and ensures the state can operate efficiently.”