It is revealed from leaked coalition documents that there are disagreements between the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) working groups on AI regulation and digital sovereignty ambitions in negotiations over a new German government platform. The leaked documents show both parties favour a digital sovereignty push and “innovation-friendly” implementation of AI regulation, but have differences on more specific issues including: (1) the CDU/CSU suggest the EU AI Act should be revised, or at least be further developed in the course of technical and legal specifications to reduce burdens on the economy, while the SPD are focused on having an AI Liability Directive at the European level; and (2) both parties seek more sovereign open source government systems, but the CDU/CSU want non-committal “ambitious targets,” while the SPD wants “to achieve an open source share of 50% by 2029”.
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