Bitkom is demanding an independent Federal Ministry for Digitalization with departmental and budget responsibility. The debt brake should be suspended for digital infrastructure to catch up with China and the USA. On the topic of digital sovereignty, the association relies on technological openness instead of isolation – European cloud solutions should not be preferred per se. The demands are directed at the future federal government and aim at a fundamental realignment of digital policy. Whether the next coalition will follow suit remains to be seen.
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