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Stralsund is not allowed to have a say in the storage of nuclear weapons!
Greifswald Administrative Court rules on December 2nd, 2025: Stralsund citizens fail in their lawsuit against nuclear weapons storage.
Stralsund is not allowed to have a say in the storage of nuclear weapons!
On December 2, 2025, the Greifswald Administrative Court announced a highly regarded ruling: The citizens of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund are not allowed to decide on the storage of nuclear weapons in their city area. This decision results from a lawsuit brought by citizens to reiterate their position against nuclear weapons in the city. According to [NDR](https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/vorpommern/stralsunder-buergerschaft-scheitert-mit-klage-gegen-atom Waffen,mvregiogreifswald-2092.html), the administration argued that the citizenry had exceeded its authority and that defense policy was exclusively a federal matter.
Bernd Buxbaum from the Die Linke party said that although the citizens' actions were of a more symbolic nature, he considered the positive response from the population to be correct. Despite the decision, he sees little point in taking the dispute to the Higher Administrative Court. Such a statement seems all the more important today, as the legal basis for the possible stationing of nuclear weapons in the area of the former GDR is clearly regulated by the Two-Plus-Four Treaty. The anchoring in this treaty prohibits stationing in the former East German area, which further legitimizes citizens' legal concerns.
Regulations of the two-plus-four contract
The Two Plus Four Treaty, signed by the governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union, set the conditions for the withdrawal of Soviet forces by the end of 1994. These treaty regulations were also noted by the governments of France, Great Britain and the USA and continue to have an impact on defense policy in the region today. A central point is the obligation that nuclear weapons may not be stationed in the area of the former GDR, which underpins the judgment in Greifswald. The Federal Agency for Civic Education describes the scope of this agreement and its effects on today's security policy.
Decisions of the Greifswald Administrative Court
In this context, it is also worth mentioning that the Greifswald Administrative Court, as can be read in a current announcement on MV Justice, no longer transmits anonymized decisions in written form. Instead, all decisions are published in the State Legal Information System (LARIS). If necessary, a free appointment can be requested, which is intended to promote the transparency of the jurisprudence.
The administrative court's decision represents not only a legal but also a social milestone. In times when security policy issues are increasingly coming to the fore again, it is important that citizens are involved in the discussion and that such proceedings receive appropriate public attention. The verdict could be seen as pointing the way for further social debates about security and defense in our region.