At least in Germany, coming from the leading party[1] and pushing the official party line, the minister is anything but rogue. The leading party (CDU) even has

At least in Germany, coming from the leading party[1] and pushing the official party line, the minister is anything but rogue. The leading party (CDU) even has a sister party (CSU in Bavaria) that is even more of a law and order type. They have way more extreme ideas on how a state should be able to control it's citizens. But even the moderate left SPD (in coalition with CDU as ruling parties in Germany) have their flavor of hawks. Right now it seems there is no powerful reasonable voice for freedom in Germany - at least in the higher ranks of power. But maybe this last sentence is just my selection bias. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Maizi%C3%A8re https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Maizi%C3%A8re