Federalism and Digitalization: Germany Minisode

Can digitalization become an issue which threatens the status quo in a cooperative federal system? In this minisode, Forum Non-Resident Fellow Sabine Kropp talks to us about how the progress of digitalization in Germany has been affected by the federal structure, and how other factors might also be holding the country back from realizing its digital government potential. Read Sabine's full Germany chapter and download the complete Forum of Federations Handbook on Digitalization of Public Administration in Federal Countries for free now! Check out the Forum's other work on digitalization and federalism . Follow the Forum on LinkedIn , X , Facebook and YouTube for more great content on federalism and multilevel governance! Get in touch with the podcast! Send us your thoughts on this minisode, as well as ideas for future topics you’d like us to cover to podcast@forumfed.org . Written and hosted by Jamie Thomas & Liam Whittington . Produced by Liam Whittington.

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Federalism and Digitalization: Germany Minisode is an episode from ForumFedCast by Forum of Federations.

This episode is 23:09 long.

This episode was published on Mar 25, 2026.

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