A new parliament will be elected in Germany on 26 September. Current polls do not see a majority for the ruling coalition of CDU/CSU (Conservatives) and SPD (Labour). It is expected that either the FDP (Liberals) or the Grünen (Greens) or both will be part of the next government. Both the FDP (the party of the MP who wrote the letter) and the Grünen have been very supportive of data protection and privacy in opposition. We will see if they stick to it in government.