Police intervene after security men at Berlin tourism fair harass Israeli stand

Police pulled three security guards away on Thursday afternoon after they marched on the Israeli stand at the ITB Berlin tourism fair shouting “Free Palestine.”

The men, who were employed at the ITB Berlin fair by a private security firm, surrounded the Israeli tourism board’s stand and shouted “Free Palestine” and “Freiheit für Palästina”, according to Tagesspiegel.

According to witnesses spoken to by Tagesspiegel, the three men appeared to be of Arabic background. …

You're correct about Germany issuing the license to the company, but the document I linked does not solely address government regulation of the security companies, but through the license also their employees. Examples:

"In addition, persons in dependent employment may only be entrusted with guard duties if...
"...qualifications of persons from other EU/EEA countries seeking to establish themselves or become employed in Germany."

My prior posts have acknowledged the EU allows some flexibility in license requirements in EU countries. But it is clear that all EU countries must have government determined security guard standards. As I do not read Germany, I could never speak to the details of the license requirements each country have in place. But - whether through individual licenses for each guard or blanket licenses for the guards in the company - those government standards set the qualification required by all guards.

The fact that the document I linked demonstrated how lax Germany has set its standards proves rather than disproves the German government's culpability.

You can bet your last dollar that Muslims who had connections to radical mosques would not be allowed by the licensing authority and/or the police to work as security guards in Poland, Hungary or other EU countries not towing the PC diversity line (as I said in post-37).

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