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Digital Policy: Highlights of the German Coalition Agreement 2025

By Dr. Viola Bensinger, Carsten A. Kociok, Paul Dürr, Dr. Jannis P. Dietrich, Dr. Philip Radlanski & Christoph Enaux on April 15, 2025
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The newly published German Coalition Agreement 2025 (CA 2025), German language version available here, outlines a digital agenda of the new German government, aimed at strengthening Germany’s position as a leader in digital innovation, data protection, and technological sovereignty. This GT Alert provides an overview of key digital policy areas that the CA 2025 addresses, highlighting the new government’s priorities and potential implications for businesses operating in Germany.

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Photo of Dr. Viola Bensinger Dr. Viola Bensinger

Viola Bensinger is Global Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig’s IP & Technology Practice Group and the Global Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, and also chairs the Technology Practice in Germany. She advises clients from the technology, media, health care, automotive and other industries.

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Photo of Carsten A. Kociok Carsten A. Kociok

Carsten Kociok is a partner in the Technology, Financial Services and Data Privacy Practice in Berlin and Co-Head of Greenberg Traurig’s global Fintech Group. He advises national and international clients across all industries, including financial services, information technology, artificial intelligence, ecommerce, media, health

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Carsten Kociok is a partner in the Technology, Financial Services and Data Privacy Practice in Berlin and Co-Head of Greenberg Traurig’s global Fintech Group. He advises national and international clients across all industries, including financial services, information technology, artificial intelligence, ecommerce, media, health care, telecoms, retail and real estate, on a wide variety of complex commercial and regulatory matters.

Carsten is a leading technology lawyer, ranked consistently in Band 1 for Fintech Legal in Germany since 2020. He has in-depth and wide-ranging experience in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity, payments law, financial services, e-money products, blockchain technology, and financial and banking regulation, as well as in artificial intelligence regulation – including compliance with the EU AI Act – and the integration of AI technologies into existing software systems.

Carsten regularly assists clients in licensing projects and audit proceedings with financial regulators and advises on the contractual and regulatory aspects of developing, implementing and operating financial technology products and transactions.

On the data privacy side, Carsten counsels clients on complex data-driven business models and regulatory matters, including on international data transfers, data privacy compliance, monetization of data, artificial intelligence, litigation, cybersecurity and data breach response.

Carsten regularly lectures and publishes on various FinTech and data privacy topics. Prior to joining the firm, Carsten worked at Olswang Germany for eight years and in the Capital Transaction Practice Group of an international law firm in New York.

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Photo of Paul Dürr Paul Dürr

Paul Dürr is an associate in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice group. He advises national and international companies on IP law, commercial law and regulatory issues, in particular on digital business concepts and platforms, e-commerce, technology, digital payment and financial services, intellectual…

Paul Dürr is an associate in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice group. He advises national and international companies on IP law, commercial law and regulatory issues, in particular on digital business concepts and platforms, e-commerce, technology, digital payment and financial services, intellectual property and data protection. Paul supports our clients on technology projects, co-operations, contracts and litigation.

Concentrations

  • IT and outsourcing
  • Media and technology
  • eCommerce
  • FinTech and payment services
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Photo of Dr. Jannis P. Dietrich Dr. Jannis P. Dietrich

Jannis Dietrich advises national and international companies on issues concerning the internet, technology, data protection, digitization and litigation. He combines his legal experience with his technical knowledge as a certified electronic technician for IT systems and consequently is now skilled in the interface…

Jannis Dietrich advises national and international companies on issues concerning the internet, technology, data protection, digitization and litigation. He combines his legal experience with his technical knowledge as a certified electronic technician for IT systems and consequently is now skilled in the interface of law and technology. The key areas of his practice are IT, copyright and licensing law, advice on digital and blockchain-based business models, as well as data protection, competition and consumer protection law.

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Photo of Dr. Philip Radlanski Dr. Philip Radlanski

Philip Radlanski is a Local Partner in the IP & Technology Practice Group. He advises clients ranging from early-stage start-ups to large corporations on privacy and cybersecurity issues. His work focuses on complex and innovative data-heavy projects, often with cross-border aspects. He also

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Philip Radlanski is a Local Partner in the IP & Technology Practice Group. He advises clients ranging from early-stage start-ups to large corporations on privacy and cybersecurity issues. His work focuses on complex and innovative data-heavy projects, often with cross-border aspects. He also assists with addressing cybersecurity issues, including data breach incident management and response. He gained strong recognition throughout Europe for his representation in the first German trial against a GDPR fine, in which he was able to achieve a reduction of the multimillion-euro fine by more than 90 percent.

Philip is known for his pragmatic approach, which he was able to further refine through several months of secondments to the legal departments of a leading German internet service provider and an internationally operating online marketplace for food delivery. A further one-year secondment to the Global Privacy & Data Security Group of an international law firm in New York shaped Philip’s understanding of the U.S. market and U.S. clients.

Prior to practicing as an attorney, Philip worked as a research assistant at the University of Regensburg, Germany, and as a visiting tutor at King’s College London, UK. He also worked with the German Federal Film Board, the cybercrime division of the Berlin District Attorney’s Office, and for different international law firms in Berlin, New York, and Sydney.

He is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR), the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), and the Bauhaus Archive.

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Photo of Christoph Enaux Christoph Enaux

Christoph Enaux chairs the German Telecommunications Sector Group as well as the German Regulatory and Competition Practice Group.

Christoph advises on commercial and regulatory aspects of new business models in the TMT sector. His work covers the rollout and operation of both terrestrial…

Christoph Enaux chairs the German Telecommunications Sector Group as well as the German Regulatory and Competition Practice Group.

Christoph advises on commercial and regulatory aspects of new business models in the TMT sector. His work covers the rollout and operation of both terrestrial and satellite infrastructures and related regulatory matters.

In addition, he supports clients from various sectors on merger control, antitrust proceedings, foreign investment and export control law. His wide-ranging experience covers M&A and commercial contracts as well as administrative proceedings and regulatory and commercial litigation. As the head of the Digital Real Estate Focus Group, he also has a particular focus on the legal issues relating to the use of digital technologies in the real estate sector.

Prior to joining the firm, Christoph was a partner at Olswang in Berlin and worked in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group at Linklaters for five years.

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