I think this is all fine and dandy until the new Innenminister is starting his or her work early next year. They will project the concerns of the civil service

I think this is all fine and dandy until the new Innenminister is starting his or her work early next year. They will project the concerns of the civil service and somehow carve out enough special regulations that will all but hollow out any such rights. I really want to believe that the majority of the coalition parties believe that they are saying, but that's not how politics are made or put into practice. E.g., after Zimmermann, there was great hope that Germany would be a lot less conservative in it's interior policy, but following interior ministries have not really become much less conservative. Here's to hope, though - Cheers.