30.06.2026 - "Digital and technological sovereignty today determines competitiveness, value creation, and our geopolitical capacity to act. Germany and Europe have the potential to be front runners in global competition, but we are not utilizing it. 

We excel in research but are mediocre in implementation. This costs us prosperity. It is now up to the federal government to create better framework conditions to systematically accelerate the development of key technologies. This means speeding up approvals, and providing better access to data, computing power, and capital. The public sector should simultaneously act as a lead customer for open standards and interoperable solutions. This fosters ecosystems that particularly benefit medium-sized businesses. 

Digital sovereignty is not an IT topic but a question of strategic positioning. It determines whether our companies will still produce, trade, and export competitively in ten years. Therefore, we must reduce dependencies where they are strategically risky without decoupling from the global market. If we act decisively now, Europe can build a sovereign, competitive digital ecosystem and secure its economic strength in the long term."

The complete position can be accessed here. (only available in German)