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# Germany removes ZenDiS sovereignty software chief amid funding gap
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-09-germany-zendis-chief-removed/
- Published: 2025-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:01:02.000Z
- Description: Germany's interior ministry removed ZenDiS co-head Jutta Horstmann without notice, days after she said the promised EUR 40 million yearly funding for the openDesk sovereignty office suite had not been paid.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [heise online, 11 April 2025](https://www.heise.de/news/Digitale-Souveraenitaet-Bundesinnenministerium-serviert-ZenDiS-Chefin-ab-10349053.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish who succeeds Horstmann or whether ZenDiS's funding and mandate change under the new government.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)