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Innovation boost for the economy

We are examining a founder protection zone and want to simplify notarial procedures and digital notarisation processes and the automatic exchange of data between the notary’s office, tax office and trade office. We are creating a complete one-stop shop that digitally bundles all applications and administrative procedures on one digital platform and enable companies to be founded within 24hours. We will promote employee share ownership through a practical tax and social security legislation. We are establishing Germany as an AI nation. This means massive investment in cloud and AI infrastructure as well as in the combination of AI and robotics. We are promoting lightweight construction technology, additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

Public funding programmes should also be opened up for security and defence technology be opened up. We want to strengthen the Federal Agency for Leapfrog Innovations SPRIND and enable it to also operate in the defence sector. We support moonshot technologies via milestone-based financing instruments. Women are underrepresented in start-up underrepresented in start-ups. We therefore want to focus more strongly on supporting them and expand special funding programmes for female founders.

Investment offensive

Investment is the foundation of a strong economy. We will establish a Germany Fund set up. This is the umbrella under which we combine the power of the private financial markets with the long-term strategic approach of the investor state. In total, we are providing at least ten billion euros of the federal government’s own funds through guarantees or financial transactions. With the help of of private capital and guarantees, we leverage the fund’s resources to at least 100 billion euros and invest them in various modules. This fund is intended to act as a fund of funds. Financing gaps in the area of growth and innovation capital, in particular for SMEs and scale-ups. The specific investment decisions are made in a The investment focus is on Germany. The model of the The German fund can serve a model for comparable funds in other countries

In order to encourage more start-ups, the coalition is planning to simplify the start-up process as part of a start-up protection zone to reduce bureaucracy:

  • Simplification and digitalisation of notarial processes
  • Automatic data exchange between the notary’s office, tax office and trade office
  • A complete one-stop shop for all administrative procedures on one platform
  • Enabling companies to be founded within 24 hours

Acceleration of planning and authorisation

We will fully digitalise the planning and approval processes in the federal states With the chambers, we want to expand planning capacities.

Modern agriculture

We are tapping into the opportunities presented by digitalisation, artificial intelligence and the bioeconomy. We want to enable the practical use of drones in agriculture, for example in the application of plant protection products in steep slope viticulture.

Reducing bureaucracy in agricultur

Together with the federal states and the profession, we will standardise agricultural applications and and drive forward the development of digital applications in agriculture.

Reduce tax bureaucracy in tax filling

In every tax-relevant legislative process, we will pay attention to simplification and digitalisation. With stronger digitalisation and artificial intelligence we strengthen the financial administration. At the same time, we will gradually make the digital submission of tax returns mandatory. For simple tax cases, pre-filled and automated tax returns are to  be successively expanded. The aim is also to successively expand the scope of to switch to self-assessment.

Cash, digital euro and acceptance of digital payments

We ensure that everyone can continue to decide for themselves how they want to conduct everyday business. We are preserving cash as a common form of payment. We are committed to real freedom of choice in payment transactions and , that in principle cash and at least a digital payment option are to be offered gradually.

We support a digital euro that offers real value for money in both wholesale and retail.

The new system provides added value and complements cash, protects consumer privacy and protects, can be used free of charge by consumers and does not jeopardise financial stability.

Regulation of crypto assets, grey capital market and shadow banks

The regulation of crypto assets, the grey capital market and shadow banks will be implemented. We will check gaps and close them if necessary.

Digital administration with application-free processes

Administrative processes must be orientated towards life situations. We will increasingly work without an paper application.  Approximately after the birth of a child parents should automatically a receive child benefit notification. We will continue to modernise the administration of social benefits generally it a blueprint. We focus on consistent digitalisation and “digital-only”. Administrative services should be easy to access digitally via a central platform (“one-stop shop”) without having to go through the authorities or use the written form. Every citizen will receive a mandatory citizen account and digital identity. We will use the EUDI wallet for citizens and companies with the identification, authentication and authorisation of their data. We will make sure that payments are made possible. For companies, self-employed and associations create we specific access points. We want to make it possible to set up a company within 24 hours.

We identify bureaucracy

We are setting up a digital bureaucracy portal , via the bureaucratic obstacles and suggestions for improvement can be communicated. In addition, each federal ministry has several practical checks year. In dialogue with the federal states, local authorities, social insurance institutions and other standard-setters (e.g. self-governing bodies), we will develop specific. Develop proposals to minimise bureaucracy in (sub)statutory regulations, even beyond the  federal administration.

Digitisation of the justice system

We are consistently pursuing the digitalisation of the justice system. In modern digital legal transactions media disruptions a thing of the past. Together with the federal states, we are setting standards for transmission of digital documents, including official files, to courts and public prosecutor’s offices. We are the Federal Justice Cloud together with the federal states. We run a justice portal with communication platform, enforcement register and others citizen services (e.g. digital legal application centre, access to digital legal transactions for  citizens and small businesses). We enable the use of artificial intelligence intelligence in the judiciary.

Value limits for direct orders

At federal level, we will increase the value limit for direct orders for supplies and services to 50,000 euros and for start-ups with innovative services in the first four years after their foundation to 100,000 euros. At European level, we are also in favour of a moderate increase in the threshold values and in favour of separate consideration of planning services.

Once-only – no multiple collection of data

For us, the “once-only” principle applies. Citizens and companies should be able to share their data  the state only once. To this end, we are establishing a fundamental prohibition of double data collection and obligations to exchange data within the administration. We will drive forward the modernisation of registers by networking federal registers and  sovereign cloud platforms centrally in continuation of the German administrative cloud strategy to hold.

Germany – Digital. Sovereign. Ambitious

Our digital policy is geared towards sovereignty, innovation and social progress. Digital policy is power politics. We want a digitally sovereign Germany. To achieve this, we will reduce digital dependencies by developing key technologies, securing standards, and protecting and expanding digital infrastructures. We are creating resilient value chains that are integrated into Europe for key industries, from raw materials to chips to hardware and software.

Digital policy is economic policy
We will put Germany on the fast track to digitalization by improving the conditions for application-oriented research, start-ups and transfer. This will enable us to increase the creation of value in Germany and Europe. We are expanding computing capacity, tapping into data treasures and becoming more attractive to talented individuals and top IT specialists.

Digital policy is social policy
We are strengthening digital skills to enable everyone to participate in society and to make our democracy more resilient to disinformation and manipulation. We are also protecting our free and democratic basic order in the digital world. People can rely on a digitally sovereign and capable state.

Germany digital, connected and resilient
Our vision: a forward-looking, connected, efficient and user-centered administration – increasingly application-free, situation-oriented and purely digital (digital only) with targeted support services. End-to-end digitization and digitally compatible laws are the key to this. The federal states and local authorities will be enabled to use the following solutions, which will be implemented as a matter of priority: An interoperable and European-compatible sovereign Germany stack integrates AI, cloud services and basic components. When setting up these structures, we are checking whether European providers have already developed corresponding solution models. In the future, we will exclude untrustworthy providers in a legally secure manner. The federal government is strengthening its core infrastructure, such as networks and data centers. The German Administration Cloud (DVC) is being implemented with sovereign standards that ensure interchangeability and prevent uncontrolled data outflow. We are modernizing the registry, creating access to the administration via the automatically provided Deutschland-ID and the secure eID/EUDI wallet. We make extensive use of automation and AI. We are making the state an anchor customer for the digital economy and want to use primarily private IT service providers to strengthen digital sovereignty. An ecosystem is to be developed around the EUDI wallet.

We will ensure our digital sovereignty
We will define open interfaces and standards across all levels and work with private and public stakeholders in the European ecosystem to promote open source, including with the Zentrum Digitale Souveränität (ZenDiS), the Sovereign Tech Agency and the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovations (SPRIND). To this end, we are strategically aligning our IT budget and defining ambitious goals for open source. We are enshrining a ban on duplicate data collection (once-only) and removing barriers to digitisation. We are abolishing written form requirements wherever possible with the help of a general clause. We rely on data-based management and impact orientation, strategic foresight, new forms of cooperation and recruitment, open innovations and a culture that stands for a willingness to experiment and responsibility. With the help of digitalisation, we are making laws easier to understand and enforce. This includes practicality tests, the visualisation of structures and processes, as well as digital implementation and standardised terminology.

Strengthening resilience
We are strengthening our country’s resilience by improving IT security, particularly for critical infrastructures, and building robust value chains (including in chip and semiconductor technology). Capabilities and products designed to ensure protection in cyberspace are considered key technologies. We are investing in IT security and application-oriented resilience research. Public IT security is improved through emergency management and preventive advisory services for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Germany as a centre for data centres
We are strengthening Germany as a location for data centres by supporting clusters and regional as well as decentralised settlements. We are bringing at least one of the European ‘AI-Gigafactories’ to Germany and are driving edge computing forward. We are facilitating the planning and integration of data centres into the power grid by means of a digitisation offensive at electricity grid operators and more transparency regarding grid connection capacities. We are accelerating the construction and expansion of data centres, particularly in eastern Germany, and facilitating their operation by interpreting the relevant regulations in a practical manner and amending them if necessary. We are driving forward the practical implementation of climate neutrality and facilitating, for example, the use of waste heat for feeding into district heating networks.

Digital infrastructure
We are making a decisive contribution to our digital infrastructure with the comprehensive expansion of the fibre-optic network to provide full fibre-to-the-home coverage. The principle of ‘market before state’ applies. We use funding programmes for mobile communications and fibre-optic expansion where market-driven expansion is not possible. In doing so, we take into account the special funding needs of countries with challenging topography and population density.

The mobile infrastructure company (MIG) will continue to operate at least until the approved funding projects have been completed. We are examining how we can use the expertise and skills developed at MIG to promote the comprehensive expansion of mobile communications in rural areas that have so far been underserved or underserved.

We will provide adequate funding for the gigabit network. We will introduce an effective acceleration law as quickly as possible, defining the expansion of mobile communications and fibre-optic networks as being of paramount public interest. We will consistently reduce obstacles to expansion and bureaucracy, for example by means of provisional regulations. In order to accelerate the expansion, we are introducing mandatory digital application processes (e.g. broadband portal). We are continuously raising the minimum requirements for broadband connections. We are striving for a concept for a market- and consumer-friendly migration from copper to fibre-optic networks. We will continue to monitor the planning and expansion processes on the ground. We will continue to uphold the high coverage requirements for the expansion of mobile communications when awarding frequencies. It must be possible to review these requirements based on the actual user experience. We will continue to develop the legal framework of the Advisory Board of the Federal Network Agency. We will support the use of satellite technology for mobile communications coverage. At the European level, we will advocate for all legitimate interests to be taken into account when awarding UHF frequencies.

Society – digitally competent, self-determined and inclusive
Confident, secure and critical use of digital tools and media increases the resilience of our society, the resilience of our democracy and the competitiveness of our economy. We are therefore launching a cross-age digital literacy offensive. To this end, we are drawing on the diversity of start-ups, the business community, public education providers and social organisations to create innovative and sustainable programmes for all population groups. In an increasingly interconnected world, we are ensuring digital participation for all and improving accessibility. We are fighting discrimination in the digital space and protecting digital fundamental rights. We are safeguarding the confidentiality of private communications and anonymity on the internet.

Economy – Tomorrow’s growth with data and artificial intelligence
We want to develop Germany into a strong digital location with a strong digital ecosystem – from start-ups to medium-sized companies and tech giants. We support technology transfer from universities to industry, from start-ups to established companies. We make Germany attractive for international talent, particularly IT specialists and researchers.

A culture of data use and data sharing
We want a culture of data use and data sharing that establishes a data economy, focuses on innovation and protects fundamental rights and freedoms. To this end, we are eliminating legal uncertainties, unearthing data treasures, promoting data ecosystems and focusing on data sovereignty. We are creating the basis for summarising the relevant regulations in a data code of law. We pursue the principle of ‘public money, public data’ and ensure trust in data management and high data quality through data trustees. Where possible, we create a legal right to open data from state institutions. We create modern regulations for mobility, health and research data. In doing so, we protect all legitimate interests. We promote the widespread use of privacy-enhancing technologies.

Data protection reform
We are reforming data protection supervision. We are enshrining the Data Protection Conference (DSK) in the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) in order to develop common standards. We are using all the existing scope provided by the GDPR to ensure coherence, uniform interpretations and simplifications for small and medium-sized companies, employees and volunteers when it comes to data protection. In the interest of the economy, we are seeking to consolidate the responsibilities and competences of the Federal Data Protection Commissioner. She should then be the Federal Commissioner for Data Use, Data Protection and Freedom of Information.

Leading location for future technologies
We are positioning Germany as a leading location for digital future technologies, thereby strengthening our competitiveness and digital sovereignty. Key technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum, robotics, information and communication technologies (ICT), photonics, and micro- and nanoelectronics offer enormous potential for transformation. In doing so, we will build on the existing technology centres and innovation clusters in the federal states. By promoting and using key technologies, we will create an administrative revolution, economic growth and added value for society. We are committed to AI breakthrough innovations (e.g. industry-specific AI language models). We are improving access to data and capacities for high-performance computing and want to attract more specialists, particularly women, to the IT industry. We are providing targeted support for small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, for example with AI real-world laboratories. We are strengthening the transfer of AI into new business models and specific fields of application, for example industrial artificial intelligence, automotive and health, as well as social innovations. We will work to ensure that the technical and legal specifications of the AI Act reduce the burden on business. We will ensure that the national implementation of the AI Act is innovation-friendly and minimises bureaucracy, and that market supervision is not fragmented. In view of the dynamic developments in this area, we will adapt the European Digital Single Market Act accordingly. We will provide businesses with a central point of contact for services. We will ensure that civil society and trade unions are adequately involved. We support environmental, social and economic sustainability and AI safety in the development of key technologies. We are examining whether and, if necessary, in what form liability rules need to be adapted at the European level with regard to artificial intelligence. We are strengthening the EuroStack initiative to increase digital resilience.

Strengthening the space industry
We will strengthen Germany’s space industry, develop a resilient satellite infrastructure, for example for crisis communication and internet connectivity, and create sovereign capacities for launching satellites into space from Europe. We advocate a more efficient organisation of European space activities. To ensure the safety of airspace, we are swiftly implementing the U-Space Regulation. We also see the oceans as a digital opportunity.

Together – a strong Germany with EU and international partners
We want a coherent EU legal framework and are implementing EU digital law in an innovation-friendly and coherent way. ‘Made in Europe’ should be a global brand for digital security, data sovereignty, innovation and fairness. The EU platform laws protect fundamental rights, users and fair competition. We will enforce them consistently so that platforms remove criminal content and actively address systemic risks such as disinformation. The introduction of mandatory bot identification is being considered. We advocate a ban on unfair business practices such as dark patterns and addictive designs. We welcome the development of open European platform models. We seek digital policy cooperation agreements with global partners, including from the Global South. We are actively involved in UN and standardisation bodies. We are committed to maintaining a free, fair, neutral and open internet. This is our vision for a digital age in which we act confidently, securely and competitively – for the good of our society, to protect democratic values and to ensure growth and prosperity.

DigitalPakt 2.0
With the new DigitalPakt, we are expanding the digital infrastructure and reliable administration. We are promoting application-oriented teacher training, digitisation-related school and teaching development, self-adaptive, AI-supported learning systems and digitally supported substitution concepts. We are extending the funding period for cross-state measures that have already begun by two years. We are reliably equipping children in need with end devices.

Funding for research and innovation
We are launching a High-Tech Agenda for Germany with the involvement of the federal states. To this end, we want to organise and promote innovation ecosystems and research fields that are open to technology in defined missions with clear goals and milestones and with the involvement of university and non-university players, industry and start-ups. In addition to funding programmes, the state will also act as an anchor customer. As a first step, we are prioritising the federal government’s research and innovation funding for the High-Tech Agenda in the following key technologies.
Artificial intelligence: We are launching an AI offensive with a 100,000 GPU programme (AI gigafactory). We are providing an excellent infrastructure that will enable research and universities to access the relevant computing infrastructures by setting up and expanding high-performance and supercomputing centres. We want to establish AI centres of excellence in a network.
Quantum technologies: We are expanding the national quantum ecosystem. We are making powerful quantum systems available nationwide and ensuring the accelerated development of at least two quantum supercomputers in competition.
Microelectronics: We are strengthening Germany as a location for microelectronics, thinking holistically about research, skilled workers and manufacturing – we are building a centre of excellence for chip design.
Biotechnology: We are promoting the development of new active ingredients and therapies through research in the fields of life sciences, molecular biology and pharmaceuticals, as well as in the agricultural and nutrition sciences and biodiversity research. We are creating a national biobank as a basis for preventive, precision and personalised medicine.
Fusion and climate-neutral energy generation: We are advancing innovative climate technologies. We are expanding research in the fields of photovoltaics, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydrogen and storage technologies such as batteries. We want to provide more funding for fusion research. Our goal is for the world’s first fusion reactor to be in Germany. Climate-neutral mobility: We are intensifying our research activities for the decarbonisation of ground-based mobility, shipping and aviation. The reliable development and expansion of battery research via the competence clusters plays just as important a role as networked mobility.

Innovation Freedom Act
We will give research more freedom and free it from the shackles of small-scale funding bureaucracy. We will create exemptions for research in areas such as the VAT Act and identify further areas, for example in public procurement law. We will streamline application logic, documentation requirements and regulations and accelerate decisions. This includes, for example, more flexible management of project funds and streamlining the control system of the project management agencies. We will regulate fusion power plants outside of the Atomic Energy Act. We will introduce modern regulations for cell and gene therapies in research. We will create a separate law for scientific animal testing. We will make it easier to use data (BDSG) and will present a research data law before the end of this year. We will present a national IP (intellectual property) strategy. We will enable spin-offs in 24 hours and to this end we will introduce standardised spin-off contracts at universities and research institutions that in particular enable rights of use of intellectual property in return for a market-rate share. We want to reduce barriers to non-profit status along all transfer paths. We will ensure that the SPRIND agency continues to promote knowledge-driven breakthrough innovations. We will make the ban on preferential treatment for non-profit research institutions more flexible and to this end, we will amend the Science Freedom Act.

Entrepreneurship in science
We are committed to a new start-up culture at research institutions. We are creating a Zukunftsfonds II with a strong focus on spin-offs and growth in the deep-tech and biotech sectors. We are adding entrepreneurship education as a further goal at the Centre for School Quality and Teacher Education (ZSL).

Cyber security
We will continue to develop the national cyber security strategy with the aim of clearly defining the distribution of roles and tasks, strengthen the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and expand it into a central office for information and cyber security issues. We will harden our communication networks, particularly for crisis and classified communication. We will continue to develop the National Cyber Defence Centre and intensify the exchange of information. We are expanding our active cyber defence capabilities to the extent permitted by the constitution. We will amend the BSI Act as part of the implementation of the NIS 2 Directive. One focus of the intelligence services will be a stronger joint orientation towards the cyber and information space, including the creation of a new specialised technical centre involving ZITiS.

Copyright

In copyright law, we ensure a fair balance of interests for all parties involved – creatives, the economy and users. Authors must be appropriately remunerated for the use of their works that are necessarily used in the development of generative AI. In the digital music market, we oblige streaming platforms to give creatives an appropriate share of the revenue. We are ensuring greater transparency and traceability in the use of creative content, in particular by means of an inalienable right to a proper audit. We are examining how the procedures and fees for licensing from collecting societies such as GEMA can be adapted in a practice-oriented manner to the needs of voluntary and other non-commercial organisers of events such as Christmas markets or summer festivals in kindergartens.

Cybercrime law, deepfakes, liability of platform operators and hacker paragraph
We are reforming cybercrime law and closing gaps in criminal liability, for example in the case of image-based sexualised violence. In doing so, we are also covering deep fakes and closing gaps in their accessibility to third parties. We are tightening up the possibilities for imposing sanctions on platforms, particularly in the case of systemic deficiencies in the removal of criminal content. We will create legal certainty for IT security research in computer crime law, while preventing possible abuses.

Digital Protection Against Violence Act
We are creating a comprehensive Digital Protection Against Violence Act to improve the legal status of those affected and to enable the blocking of anonymous hate accounts with criminal content. Platforms should provide interfaces to law enforcement authorities so that relevant data can be accessed quickly and automatically. For reasons of victim and witness protection, we are examining the extent to which the disclosure of residential or other addresses can be waived in the case of certain offences when requesting access to files in criminal proceedings.

Protection of children and young people
We are strengthening the protection of children and young people. We will further improve interdisciplinary cooperation. We want to ensure that children and young people can move around safely in the digital world. To this end, we will set up a commission of experts to develop a strategy for the protection of children and young people in the digital world and to support its implementation across departments and levels. In particular, parents are to be supported through targeted knowledge transfer. We will hold platform operators and providers to their duty to effectively implement the digital protection of children and young people. We advocate mandatory age verification and secure default settings for children and young people on digital devices and services.

ehealth
We are seizing the opportunities offered by digitalisation for the future of healthcare. In 2025, we will roll out the electronic patient file in stages, from a nationwide test phase to mandatory use with sanctions. We will simplify the exchange between insurance providers and doctors. We will avoid duplicate documentation. We will improve the framework and remuneration for video consultations, telemonitoring and telepharmacy in order to ensure comprehensive care. We will develop gematik GmbH into a modern agency to better connect stakeholders in the field of digitisation. All providers of software and IT solutions in the field of health and care must ensure a loss-free, uncomplicated, digital data exchange based on uniformly defined standards by 2027.

Dealing with disinformation
Targeted influence on elections, as well as disinformation and fake news, which have now become commonplace, are serious threats to our democracy, its institutions and social cohesion. The deliberate dissemination of false factual claims is not covered by freedom of expression. Therefore, media supervision, which is independent of the state, must be able to act against the manipulation of information as well as hate speech and agitation on the basis of clear legal requirements, while respecting freedom of expression. Manipulative dissemination techniques that are used systematically, such as the mass and coordinated use of bots and fake accounts, must be prohibited. We will ensure that online platforms fulfil their transparency and participation obligations vis-à-vis the supervisory authority and will examine tighter liability for content. Outlinks to third-party providers are to be permitted. The Digital Services Act (DSA) must be stringently implemented and further developed; systemic failure must have consequences in a coordinated procedure with the EU Commission. The further development of European media law must be carried out in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity. The scope of the member states to protect cultural and media diversity must be preserved in all EU legal acts. We support the development of a European media platform that includes ARTE. We are strengthening Deutsche Welle and amending its legal basis as a broadcaster with a foreign audience.

The CDU is in charge of the Digitalisation and state modernisation ministry

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