{"id":11024,"date":"2017-10-20T02:52:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T02:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/germanys-digital-ministry-divide\/"},"modified":"2017-10-20T02:52:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T02:52:47","slug":"germanys-digital-ministry-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/germanys-digital-ministry-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s digital (ministry) divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>BERLIN \u2014 All the parties likely to form Germany\u2019s next government agree the country has a digital problem.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t agree on how to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of their differences over efforts to modernize Europe\u2019s largest economy lies a classic, old-fashioned power struggle, the same kind of battle that has held back previous German attempts to accelerate down on the digital superhighway.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s most influential digital policy lawmakers say bureaucratic battles between ministries controlled by different parties hindered efforts to speed up the digitalization of German administration and infrastructure during the last government\u2019s four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen that next to nothing has been realized because of this turf battle,\u201d said Nicola Beer, general secretary of the liberal Free Democrats (FDP).<\/p>\n<p>In this year\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovationsindikator.de\/2017\/home\/#!\/home\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Innovation Indicator<\/a>,\u201d an international survey by the Fraunhofer Institute and the Center for European Economic Research think tanks, Germany ranked fourth overall \u2014 but lagged far behind countries like Finland, Israel, the United Kingdom and Taiwan when it came to its level of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovationsindikator.de\/2017\/home\/#!\/deutschland-weit-weg-von-der-spitzengruppe\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">digitalization<\/a>, coming 17th out of 35 industrialized nations.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is this weakness more visible than in flawed efforts to expand digital infrastructure outside urban centers, where many small- and medium-sized firms \u2014 the backbone of Germany\u2019s economic prosperity \u2014 still lack access to high-speed internet.<\/p>\n<p>In parliament\u2019s final session before last month\u2019s general election, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned lawmakers that the country had to keep pace with its global competitors or \u201cend up as a museum of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s consensus that we cannot go on with completely fragmented competences and responsibilities,\u201d said Konstantin von Notz, the Greens\u2019 spokesman for digital policy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The consensus ends when it comes to the nitty-gritty of how to tackle the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The most eye-catching disagreement is over whether Germany should have its own dedicated digital ministry, charged with spearheading efforts to get government, businesses and individuals to do more online.<\/p>\n<p>Expect it to be among the most hotly debated issues when Merkel\u2019s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and their more conservative Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), sit down with the FDP and the Greens for coalition negotiations. The four potential partners held their first exploratory talks Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s similar to playing miniature golf. If you already need 58 attempts at the first hole, you won\u2019t get anywhere\u201d \u2014 <em>Konstantin von Notz<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both the FDP and the CSU support the idea, although they have so far remained vague on what exactly such a ministry would do, with the liberals calling it \u201ca central interface for the decisive issue of our times\u201d in their party manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>The Greens are still undecided, while Merkel instead wants to appoint a high-ranking official inside her chancellery to coordinate digital efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a state minister would essentially act as a coordinator,\u201d said Thomas Jarzombek, the leading digital affairs lawmaker of Merkel\u2019s CDU. \u201cBut his weapon is that \u2014 when some ministries don\u2019t want to cooperate \u2014 he can go to the chancellor who can then call up the relevant minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest push to give the German economy a digital boost comes amid years-long efforts by the European Union to jump-start the Continent\u2019s use of tech in the face of competition from other regions, notably the United States and China.<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s economic powerhouse has felt particularly under threat by international competitors from Silicon Valley and elsewhere as their digital projects have often targeted many of Germany\u2019s core industries like the automotive sector.<\/p>\n<h3>Triple trouble<\/h3>\n<p>Germany\u2019s failure to get to grips with digitalization during the last four years can be seen as a classic example of what happens when a policy goal clashes with die-hard power politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s always about who will do it,\u201d said Arne Semsrott of pro-transparency NGO Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, \u201cand less about how to best achieve the things we want to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the last general election in 2013, Merkel ended up leading a \u201cgrand coalition\u201d between her CDU\/CSU bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD). In their coalition talks, the parties discussed how to coordinate digital efforts, including the idea of appointing a minister of digital affairs, but they eventually split the portfolio among the economy, infrastructure and interior ministries.<\/p>\n<p>The official line was that the decision made sense as those three ministries were responsible for the policy areas most closely linked to digitalization. However, officials privately admit that all three parties in the coalition wanted to have one minister each in charge of digital policy.<\/p>\n<p>In the four years that followed, \u201cit became clear \u2026 that splitting the portfolio did not work out,\u201d Lars Klingbeil, the SPD\u2019s leading digital affairs lawmaker, said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newswirenow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-466498904-714x525.jpg?resize=640%2C471\"\/><\/p>\n<p>German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizi\u00e8re speaks at the 2015 CeBIT technology fair in Hannover, Germany | Tobias Schwarz\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, the three-party solution ignored the fact that every one of Germany\u2019s 14 ministries was affected by digitalization, he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the three ministries increasingly worked against \u2014 rather than with \u2014 each other, as each minister pushed forward their own ideas and initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, there was no coordinated strategy. Everyone was just scrabbling around,\u201d said the Greens\u2019 von Notz, who spent the last four years in the opposition. \u201cEveryone found digitalization a sexy topic, Merkel\u2019s government organized an IT summit, but they produced nothing more than warm words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For example, it took Germany years before, in 2016, the country finally managed to scrap a liability law that made public hotspot providers responsible for users\u2019 activity. This held Merkel\u2019s last government back from addressing more crucial issues such as broadband expansion or net neutrality, von Notz said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The FDP\u2019s vehement push for a digital ministry could be motivated by more than just policy concerns, officials in Berlin privately caution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s similar to playing miniature golf,\u201d he added. \u201cIf you already need 58 attempts at the first hole, you won\u2019t get anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Ministerial maneuvers<\/h3>\n<p>The FDP\u2019s Beer, whose party failed to enter the Bundestag in 2013 and spent the last four years in the political wilderness, said she doubts whether Merkel\u2019s last government \u201cwas always aware of the urgent need for action when it comes to digitalization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, we would, for example, not have to discuss the question of a far-reaching extension of glass fibers [for broadband connections] anymore. This is such a basic question of infrastructure, where we lag behind to such an incredible extent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe digital transformation will only work out if we clearly concentrate responsibilities [in one ministry],\u201d Beer said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/newswirenow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GettyImages-861893056-714x476.jpg?resize=640%2C427\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The FDP\u2019s Nicola Beer | John Macdougall\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The FDP\u2019s vehement push for a digital ministry could be motivated by more than just policy concerns, officials in Berlin privately caution. Rumors are rife that the liberals, who portrayed themselves as champions of the digital economy in the election campaign, have set their sights on the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>To win support for the idea in conservative ranks despite the chancellor\u2019s objections, they could find an ally in Merkel\u2019s Bavarian sister party, the CSU, whose former Infrastructure Minister Alexander Dobrindt publicly backed the idea.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves the Greens, the fourth party at the negotiating table, as the ones who could tip the scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re open to negotiating [on a ministry],\u201d von Notz said. However, it would be \u201cvery difficult to impossible\u201d to move staff from other ministries into such a new organization, he cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I could live very well with [the CDU\u2019s] model, in which a state minister in the chancellery takes up a coordinating function and makes sure \u2014 with the weight of the chancellor behind him or her \u2014 that a political decision will finally be made quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Mark Scott contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/germany-digital-ministry-divide\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"contfix\">\n<div id=\"contdto\">         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/> <\/p>\n<h4 id=\"contfixlink\">Politico<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN \u2014 All the parties likely to form Germany\u2019s next gover..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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