According to CSU politician Hansjörg Durz, the federal government wants to develop a digital wallet with central documents for storage on mobile phones by the end of 2026. Durz, who is chairman of the Bundestag's Committee on Digitalization and State Modernization, told the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper on Monday that by the end of next year, citizens in Germany will be able to store digital driver's licenses, ID cards, and health insurance cards on their mobile phones.
This will be achieved via a so-called wallet, a folder on the mobile phone for important personal information. According to Durz, it will then be possible to store documents in this wallet in the same way that consumers currently store credit cards or membership cards, for example. “I will also be able to use this digital wallet to access essential administrative services, such as re-registering a car with the vehicle registration office,” said the CSU politician.
According to the report, Germany ranks only 21st among the 27 EU countries in terms of the digitization of its administration. According to the digital association Bitkom, Finland, Malta, and Estonia are particularly far ahead in this regard. “That's not enough if we want Germany to be digitally sovereign, efficient, and resilient,” Bitkom President Ralf Wintergerst told the newspaper.
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