Overview
- Hesse's Landtag passed its first bureaucracy reduction law with more than 120 measures that simplify or remove 90 rules.
- Email submissions and acceptance of digital document copies will become standard in Hesse, with changes taking effect in January 2026.
- Hesse's Entbürokratisierungsminister Manfred Pentz said a second reform package is already in preparation.
- Thuringia's government presented its initial Entlastungsgesetz to the Landtag in a special session in Erfurt, accompanied by a government declaration from Minister‑President Mario Voigt.
- Voigt said 23 laws will be addressed in the first Thuringian package and pledged to bring forward an annual relief law.