Overview
- Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil says he will sharply reduce screen time and scrolling over Christmas.
- Bundestag Vice President Omid Nouripour plans to stay offline on Christmas Eve with no phone use.
- CDU labor-wing leader Dennis Radtke aims to check his phone as little as possible and skip the flood of digital holiday messages.
- Left party leader Jan van Aken plans to avoid email during the holidays and skip any meal comparisons with neighbors.
- The cross-party pledges are personal downtime choices rather than policy moves or institutional changes.