CDU on digital affairs

The CDU wants to make Saxony's judiciary the most digital in Germany and use artificial intelligence to do so. In prisons, AI-supported cameras and video conferencing are meant to relieve and protect staff. The final decision is to remain with qualified people.

The CDU wants courts and prisons to be more digital. Computer programs should sort documents and black out names in rulings. Smart cameras should spot dangers in prisons. A person always makes the final decision.

Teams of fully qualified lawyers and IT specialists would tailor AI to the needs of the judiciary. A metadata system is to capture, separate and categorize incoming documents automatically, easing the load on court offices. Another AI system would redact court decisions automatically. In prisons, intelligent cameras would detect dangerous situations and help with suicide prevention. Video technology would be used more often for hearings and court dates to reduce prisoner transports.

The CDU wants to digitize the key administrative processes of the state and municipalities by the end of the next legislative term. Citizens and businesses should have to submit data only once, and regulations are to be reviewed continuously for simplification.

Government offices in Saxony should work digitally. This should happen within the next five years. Citizens should have to give their data only once. The CDU wants to make rules simpler. Anyone with an idea should be able to try it out.

The administrations' IT infrastructure is to be reviewed together with the municipalities, also with regard to AI, cybersecurity and recruitment; a separate IT section in the budget is planned for this. The state's digital check is to become a participation tool, and those affected are to be involved early in lawmaking. The CDU wants EU requirements implemented only at the minimum level, without being tightened by the federal government. The Landesdirektion (state administrative authority) is to become a service provider, and the SIVIM institute in Meissen is to be expanded into a research and advisory body for administrations. Training and lateral entry into public service are to be made easier.

The CDU wants fiber-optic coverage across 99 percent of Saxony and a very good mobile network by 2030. Priority goes to rollout financed by telecom companies themselves; where that does not happen, public money is to step in.

The CDU wants fast internet almost everywhere in Saxony. This should happen by 2030. Companies should build the lines themselves first. Where no company builds, the state adds money. The mobile phone network should also become very good.

The platform relies mainly on rollout paid for by the companies. To support this, applications are to be handled more digitally, the parties involved are to cooperate more closely, and permits should ideally be issued faster. Regions that companies do not connect are to keep receiving funding together with the federal government and municipalities. The goal is a gigabit connection for every household. The building code is to be adjusted further to speed up mobile network expansion.

The CDU wants to raise IT security because it sees the threat level rising. Expertise is to be pooled, investment increased, and public administrations supported. At the same time, existing data is to be made more available and registers linked.

The CDU wants to protect computers and networks better. It says the danger of attacks is growing. Experts should work together more closely. State and local offices get help. Data should be used better, but with data protection.

The platform calls for adapting structures and investing more in the digital resilience of citizens and businesses. On IT security, Saxony is to cooperate more closely with the federal government, other states, academia and industry and share knowledge. Information campaigns and training are meant to build media literacy against fake news and cyberattacks. Data registers are to be linked and data use enabled while privacy is safeguarded. The CDU also wants to further consolidate the structures responsible for digitalization.