CDU on digital affairs

The CDU wants to make data easier for businesses to use, putting data security ahead of what it sees as excessive data protection. A uniform state data cloud and central hubs are planned. In addition, mobile dead zones are to disappear and 5G is to be widely available.

The CDU wants companies to be able to use data better. Data should be secure. But the CDU thinks very strict data protection is wrong. The state should get one shared data storage. There should be good cell phone reception everywhere.

The program calls data a raw material that enables new business models and more modern work processes, including in traditional industries. Existing knowledge resources are to be linked in central hubs. In mobile communications, the CDU wants to close existing gaps and build a far-reaching 5G network. Digital infrastructure is to perform well outside the cities too.

The CDU wants to redesign all administrative procedures as digital and automated, with analog options only where needed. Dealings with authorities are to be possible online in one place, and people should have to give the state their data only once. For software, the state is to rely primarily on German and European products.

The CDU wants a digital administration. All dealings with public offices should be possible online in one place. People should have to give their data only once. The fax machine should disappear. The state should mainly use software from Germany and Europe.

A law is to require agencies to apply the once-only principle, so that further requests are handled electronically from existing data. Citizens should be able to check the status of their applications online and be notified proactively if something is missing. For a transition period, accessible alternatives remain for people not at home with digital services. A central unit within the state government is to pool digital capabilities, and processes in personnel, budgeting and IT are to be standardized. A data sovereignty strategy is to reduce dependence on non-European providers, while globally leading products remain possible depending on security, cost and use case.

The CDU aims for a fiber-optic network across the whole state and gap-free mobile coverage at the 5G standard. Where the rollout does not pay off for private providers, the state is to step in with funding. The platform sees digital infrastructure as a precondition for participation and equal living conditions.

The CDU wants fast fiber internet across the whole state. The cell phone network should work everywhere too. Where companies do not build, the state should pay. In poorly covered areas, providers should share their networks.

The CDU wants to support the switch from copper to fiber lines launched at the federal level and see it carried out quickly. If network operators fail to meet their coverage obligations, it will push for national roaming in underserved areas. Existing networks would then be shared to improve reachability.