Germany's First Ministry without Fax Machines

Karsten Wildberger is building up the new Ministry of Digital and State Modernization. He doesn't have a budget yet. But even if he had money, the new minister doesn't want to buy any more: a fax machine. However, e-mails are currently not reliably answered.

The new Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernization (BMDS) is distancing itself from symbols of a backward state. "We don't have any fax machines, and we don't plan to purchase any," a ministry spokesperson told "Welt am Sonntag." This can be interpreted as a response to a statement by SPD leader and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil at the presentation of the coalition agreement: "The fax machines in our country must be disposed of," Klin…