Enforce Tac, Germany’s leading trade fair for internal and external security, is receiving political support: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is taking over the patronage of the next edition of Enforce Tac, which will take place from 23 to 25 February 2026 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg.

“We want to be able to defend ourselves so that we don’t have to defend ourselves. Defense is a task for society as a whole and the basis for the resilience and future viability of our country. Enforce Tac stands for this holistic approach to security. I am therefore delighted to take on the patronage,” says the German Chancellor.

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“The support of the Federal Chancellor is both an honor and an incentive for us,” explains Peter Ottmann, Managing Director of Messe Nürnberg. “It confirms our course of further developing the exhibition as a leading platform for all security-relevant areas and players. The dialog between politics, authorities, emergency services and industry gains new strategic depth with this patronage.”

From February 23 to 25, 2026, Enforce Tac will bring together over 1,000 exhibitors from all over Europe and friendly NATO-countries with leading figures from politics, the armed forces, authorities and industry.

Under the guiding theme of “Networked Security”, the event combines internal, external and cyber security. Admission is reserved exclusively for members of the armed forces as well as authorities and organizations with police or military security tasks and representatives of the security and defence industry.

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