I think the article's wording > guidelines issued by the body regulating the use of Standard High German orthography gives a somewhat false impression regardi

I think the article's wording > guidelines issued by the body regulating the use of Standard High German orthography gives a somewhat false impression regarding the influence and standing of this body. Orthography was traditionally what was written in the Duden dictionary/thesaurus. Only in 2004 or so there was a push for a moderate reform for German as taught in schools, and it was deemed necessary to have at least Austria and Switzerland join (hence the council isn't a natioval body), whereas neighbouring countries with German-speaking minorities such as Italy were not sitting at the table it seems.