06/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - German Christian Democrat, Karl von Wogau, chairman of the European Parliament's Security and Defence Sub-committee, supports German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble's call for Nato Awac planes to carry out air surveillance over the football World Cup to be held in Germany next spring, to warn of potential terrorist attacks. Mr von Wogau said that it was right that Germany do all in its power to ensure the safety of this event, and air surveillance was one element in this. According to German press reports, Robert Firman, spokesman for the Awac fleet at Geilenkirchen, thinks it « very likely » that NATO warning and monitoring aircraft will be involved in ensuring the safety of this sporting occasion (Editor's note: this already happened at the last Olympic Games in Greece).