(10.6.2017) „Otherwise some provider could emerge … that‘s an island, and from which things could be done, relevant to security, that could destroy an entire system. On this question of the rules-based handling of it, we‘re still right at the start.“

Germany wants to use its presidency of the Group of 20 major economies to develop a concrete plan on digital policy at a summit in July. Merkel pointed to an agreement by G20 nations to fight cyber attacks on the global banking system.