On May 7, 2025, Germany’s new federal government formally established the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR), replacing the former Ministry of Education and Research. The restructuring placed quantum technologies, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, microchip development, and fusion energy at the core of the new ministry’s mandate, according to the Science journal report on the coalition agreement.
Minister Dorothee Bär described the BMFTR as a “Ministry for the Future” and announced a planned High-Tech Agenda covering key technologies including quantum computing, quantum sensor technology, and quantum communication. Education policy was transferred to a separate ministry.
Under the High-Tech Agenda, Germany set a new systems goal: the development of at least two error-corrected quantum computers at the European top level by 2030, building on the country’s cumulative €3 billion investment in quantum technologies since 2018.