Germany's federal government mandated ODF as the document standard for all public administration across all government levels by 2028 as part of the Deutschland-Stack sovereign digital infrastructure project. The government recognizes the greatest risk to interoperability and sovereignty lies with proprietary formats controlled by single vendors, not open standards. While the mandate itself is binding in policy, enforcement remains unclear since the resolution lacks enforcement teeth—no sanctions, audits, or reporting obligations. The post uses celebratory framing around digital sovereignty, which is the government's stated rationale, but understates the real implementation challenges Germany's public administration has historically faced with major tech migrations.