May 20th, 2010 
Cliff Riseborough 
In June of last year, Germany’s 16 Interior Ministers put forward a request for the government to officially ban the production and sale of violent video games within their borders.
German gamers started up a petition, which ended up in excess of 73,000 signatures, and forced the issue to be taken up by the Committee on Petitions. The decision :
Parliament State Secretary Dr. Herman Kues, of the Federal Ministry for Home Affairs announced that “no changes to the current criminal code would be enacted”, and instead the government will support public education of PEGI ratings.
Considering that the fight for a similar game ban in Switzerland consistently used Germany as a supporting example, one wonders if this decision may have an effect on efforts in that country.
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