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At Telekom, however, it would be foolish in terms of security policy to sell more than 5.5 percent and thereby give up the blocking minority of 25 percent. With the Internet and mobile communications, Telekom operates the backbone of our functioning civil society. It also provides intelligence services with important insights. Precisely because there is no law in this country that limits the amount of foreign participation in German companies, it is important that at least this share remains in the hands of the German state.