Overview

• The cabinet convenes at Villa Borsig for two days, starting with a competitiveness review that emphasizes high tech and innovation, with no immediate decisions expected on that front.
• The government plans to approve a Modernisierungsagenda on Wednesday with more than 80 dated measures, including single‑portal vehicle registration, 24‑hour online company formation, and a digital work‑and‑stay agency for foreign specialists.
• Targets outlined by Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger include cutting bureaucracy costs by €16 billion and reducing the ‘Erfüllungsaufwand’ by €10 billion by 2029, alongside a proposed 8% staff reduction in federal institutions in a draft plan.
• Wildberger cautions that state modernization will be difficult and time‑consuming, and he points to a late October or early November cabinet meeting dedicated solely to passing relief measures.
• External inputs come from economist Markus Brunnermeier, Lufthansa’s Grazia Vittadini, and Schwarz‑Gruppe chief Gerd Chrzanowski, whose presence spotlights debates on cloud sovereignty as the firm promotes its Stackit platform and reports suggest he could seek public anchor contracts.