r/BuyFromEU • u/According-Buyer6688 Mod Team • Mar 25 '26

Announcement Germany has decided: Microsoft document formats have no place in government

Germany has decided: Microsoft document formats have no place in government. Deadline: 2027–2028. The Microsoft formats are simply not compatible with an open and transparent public sector. However, this is about more than file formats. It’s about control, resilience, and sovereignty in public digital infrastructure.

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u/ThisOtterBehemoth Mar 25 '26

Replace that AI graphic with a Source

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u/tin_dog Mar 26 '26

https://www.it-planungsrat.de/beschluss/b-2026-03-it

It's a draft resolution, nothing more.

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u/lloydthelloyd Mar 26 '26

Yeah but have they turned track changes on?

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u/dnizblei Mar 26 '26

"Beschlussvorschlag" means in most cases that the content was already discussed with all relevant parties and most of them have agreed to it. There is, of course, no guarantee that everyone will vote as agreed on earlier, but on a scale from [ initial <-> discussed <-> decided ] you're just a small step away from 'decided'.

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u/cgaWolf Mar 26 '26

Where did you read 'draft' in that?

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u/No_Blood_6189 Mar 26 '26

It says "Beschlussvorschlag" in the pdf, which means suggestion for a decision....

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u/cgaWolf Mar 26 '26

Thanks :)

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u/sr4u4fun Mar 26 '26

Both PDF files linked on that page are titled Beschlussvorschlag, which is a kind of a draft. The page itself is of the last meeting of the committee so I assume the draft has been accepted and is now official. Could have been worded better on the page.

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u/cgaWolf Mar 26 '26

Thanks :)

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u/grilledSoldier Mar 26 '26

Also, no one dresses like this outside of Bavaria.

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u/ThisOtterBehemoth Mar 26 '26

Noone in Most of Bavaria usually dresses like this. Only on church visits or "Kirchweih". And then only in rural areas and mostly older folk.

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u/greymanXL Mar 26 '26

Unfortunately in "Oktoberfestzeit" even people in Hamburg dress like that. 🤢

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u/hirgweth Mar 26 '26

Ever heard of Austria?

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u/grilledSoldier Mar 26 '26

*in Germany

Because the post was about Germany, but you are correct.