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German cabinet gives Digital Ministry veto over federal IT spending

Germany's federal cabinet gave the Digital Ministry an approval requirement over significant federal IT spending, covering projects above EUR 500,000 a year or EUR 3 million in total. Military, police, intelligence and tax systems are excluded.

Verified Editor-read Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation (BMDS) press release, 3 December 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish which individual IT projects have since been blocked under the veto.

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.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07. How the record is made

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