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I'm generally positively surprised by the coalition-agenda (Koalitionsvertrag) that was presented by the upcoming German government yesterday. Fairly centrist p

I'm generally positively surprised by the coalition-agenda (Koalitionsvertrag) that was presented by the upcoming German government yesterday. Fairly centrist policies and a focus on modernization. There's a separate question about how much of it will actually be implemented, but the uncommon mix of three fairly different parties seems to have created a sensible equilibrium.

wirrbel 5y ago
All parties have strong conservative wings. There is some potential for reform-pushing within the Greens and FDP, and I expect we won't see as much of that in the agreement but things will pop up once the chancellor has been elected.
a_bonobo 5y ago
What's interesting is that in the weeks leading up to the agenda, the Chaos Communication Club put up their own demands written like a digital agenda, essentially prewritten rules. And it turns out that the new agenda includes many of these rules! See https://blog.fefe.de/?ts=9f60b12e https://blog.fefe.de/?ts=9f60b12e Things like companies being legally responsible for security holes in their products, a right to encryption, open standards in government bodies, no 'hackbacks' from German security agencies, software updates and replacement parts need to be available for the lifetime of a product, all these things in the new government's agenda seem to come from the CCC. Lobbbying works! English auto-translation of the CCC's demands: https://www-ccc-de.translate.goog/de/updates/2021/ccc-formulierungshilfe-regierungsprogramm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui https://www-ccc-de.translate.goog/de/updates/2021/ccc-formul...
raxxorrax 5y ago
They want to turn around mass surveillance at least, although they did not say anything about state trojans. The state bought NSO Pegasus too. But let us wait on their deeds, most of the new government was also part of the old government, which was very prone to increase "security®" to the detriment of everyone already living in the safest time of humanity. In a country that managed to build a totalitarian nightmare twice in just one century the belief in the state and general fear is already stuffily high in my opinion.

wirrbel 5y ago

All parties have strong conservative wings. There is some potential for reform-pushing within the Greens and FDP, and I expect we won't see as much of that in the agreement but things will pop up once the chancellor has been elected.

a_bonobo 5y ago

What's interesting is that in the weeks leading up to the agenda, the Chaos Communication Club put up their own demands written like a digital agenda, essentially prewritten rules. And it turns out that the new agenda includes many of these rules! See https://blog.fefe.de/?ts=9f60b12e https://blog.fefe.de/?ts=9f60b12e Things like companies being legally responsible for security holes in their products, a right to encryption, open standards in government bodies, no 'hackbacks' from German security agencies, software updates and replacement parts need to be available for the lifetime of a product, all these things in the new government's agenda seem to come from the CCC. Lobbbying works! English auto-translation of the CCC's demands: https://www-ccc-de.translate.goog/de/updates/2021/ccc-formulierungshilfe-regierungsprogramm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui https://www-ccc-de.translate.goog/de/updates/2021/ccc-formul...

raxxorrax 5y ago

They want to turn around mass surveillance at least, although they did not say anything about state trojans. The state bought NSO Pegasus too. But let us wait on their deeds, most of the new government was also part of the old government, which was very prone to increase "security®" to the detriment of everyone already living in the safest time of humanity. In a country that managed to build a totalitarian nightmare twice in just one century the belief in the state and general fear is already stuffily high in my opinion.