Two months before the turn of the year, the German Environmental Aid called on Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) to end the firecrackers “once and for all” this year. With a few simple changes to the Explosives Ordinance, the minister could quickly put an end to environmentally harmful fireworks, said Federal Managing Director Jürgen Resch in Berlin on Tuesday. The environmental aid referred to a survey according to which the majority of Germans were in favor of a ban on firecrackers on New Year’s Eve.
In a representative survey by the Insa Consulere Institute on behalf of the Brandenburg consumer advice center, 53 percent of those surveyed voted in favor of banning private fireworks – 39 percent were against. The approval for a ban was 54 percent higher in western Germany than in the east with 50 percent. First, the editorial network Germany reported on the demand for environmental aid.