screenshot taken from: https://www.deutschlandtag.de/
When
Saturday, 17th October 2026, 8:30am to 6:00pm
Where
World-Conference Center Bonn, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 2, Bonn, Germany
Hosting Organization
Junge Union Deutschlands
Participation Fee
Free Entrance [but Invitation required]
Agenda
Agenda Point 18, Speech 1, Agenda Point 19, Report, Speech 2, Discussion, Lunch Break, Welcome Address 1, Continuation of Agenda Point 19, Welcome Address 2, Continuation of Agenda Point 19, Worship Service, Socializing
Topics Covered
The Main Motion of Embracing the Future By Making Germany a World Leader in AI Applications (Agenda Point 18), Germany’s Implementation Challenges, Innovation Drive, Growth with a Social Dimension & the Deutschland-Stack (Speech 1), Deliberation on Approximately 300 Motions (Agenda Point 19), The Bonn Declaration & the Definition of Statesmanship (Report), Stagnation in the 2010s, Germany in 2040, the CDU’s Poor Election Results & the Role of Artificial Intelligence (Speech 2), A Call for Decisive Reform Implementation, the Coalition Agreement as the Bare Minimum, the German Chancellor’s Responsibility for Europe & Local Pub Culture (Discussion), The Power of AI Models, Data Centers & Digital Platforms, the CDU’s Responsibility to Take On the Hard Work of Reforms for Germany & Local CDU Activities in Bonn (Welcome Address 1), Mandatory Card Payment Acceptance in the B2C Sector, a Social Media Ban for Children and Adolescents & the Abolition of Government Subsidies and Financial Support for Businesses (Continuation of Agenda Point 19), The Junge Union’s Political Ground Game, Socialist Wishful Thinking & the Pope’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence (Welcome Address 2), The Misallocation and Shuffling Around of Germany’s €500 Billion Special Fund, CO₂ Taxes & Notional Interest Deductions on Equity Financing (Continuation of Agenda Point 19)
I’ve learned something today
- According to Stanford University’s 2026 AI Index Report, private investment in artificial intelligence reached approximately $286 billion in the United States in 2025, compared with just $21 billion across Europe, highlighting a nearly fourteenfold investment gap.
- Among other things, the main motion calls for Germany to bid to host a European AI Gigafactory and reduce its dependence on foreign providers of semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, and AI models. It advocates a strategic AI industrial policy and emphasizes the importance of national security in the age of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, the main motion calls for a firm response to any attempts to restrict Europe’s access to critical technologies. It also proposes the establishment of a nationwide cybersecurity shield coordinated by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
- In German parliamentary practice, agenda items are often divided into the “A-Mappe” (A-List) and “B-Mappe” (B-List) to streamline political decision-making. The A-Mappe contains largely uncontested items that can be approved without further debate. In contrast, the B-Mappe covers politically contentious matters that require discussion, negotiation, or separate votes. This distinction allows parliamentary bodies to focus their attention on issues where political disagreements remain.
- The Deutschland-Stack aims to establish common technical standards for Germany’s digital infrastructure. As the German analogy “nach einem einheitlichen Standard löten” (soldering according to a common standard) suggests, the goal is to ensure that different technological components fit together seamlessly.
- Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian AI pioneer and Turing Award winner, founded the nonprofit organization LawZero to develop AI systems with safety built into their core architecture. Germany plans to invest approximately €100 million in the initiative, supporting AI safety research and development at LawZero’s new Berlin location, subject to approval by the European Commission.
- A Notional Interest Deduction (NID) is a tax incentive that allows companies to deduct a hypothetical interest expense on their shareholder equity from their taxable profits. By extending a tax benefit traditionally reserved for debt financing, where actual interest payments are generally deductible, NIDs aim to correct the tax system’s structural preference for debt over equity.
- The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), a German political foundation, explores, among other topics, the synergies between blockchain technology and artificial intelligence:
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