Terrorism Growth Sparks Move To Centralize Security Organization

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has proposed reforms intended to make Germany's security agencies more capable in the fight against terrorism, reports the Financial Times.

The proposals would take a range of powers from the nation's regions and replace their intelligence services with a single national agency, he said in an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

De Maiziere said he wants to beef up the federal criminal investigation bureau; create "a real federal...