CSU
Coverage of CSU in the Nexus archive.
- Gesundheitsreform: Merz’ letzter Stresstest vor der Sommerpause
The Bundestag votes on the GKV-Sparpaket health reform package as the constitutional court rejects emergency applications against its rushed legislative process. Health Minister Nina Warken defends the timeline, while CSU leader Klaus Holetschek calls for financial adjustments for hospitals and a 'Germany Bonus' for the pharmaceutical industry. Germany also announces a defense deal to purchase Tomahawk missiles from the U.S. for deterrence against Russia.
- Another German state heads down the open source sovereignty road
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a German state, is transitioning from Microsoft SharePoint to FOSS tools like Nextcloud and OpenProject as part of a digital sovereignty initiative. The state aims to expand the use of these tools to over 50,000 public employees and is collaborating with Schleswig-Holstein and Bavaria to adopt unified platforms. Bavaria has also launched projects to measure digital sovereignty and is seeking alternatives to Microsoft following a canceled billion-dollar deal.