Overview
- Jens Spahn said on June 26, 2026 that he attended Dialog events to hear different views and that he will not give up that openness.
- A CDU/CSU spokeswoman said Spahn joined Dialog meetings intermittently in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and that he did not meet Peter Thiel at those gatherings.
- Reporting based on a Wired-related data leak listed attendees including US and foreign officials and Silicon Valley figures and published provocative session topics such as 'technologies for the battlefield' and 'reactivate nuclear power.'
- SPD and the Greens have demanded clarity about who paid for Spahn’s participation at meetings held while he was federal health minister and raised broader concerns about ties to Thiel-linked firms like Palantir.
- Spahn was invited but later canceled attendance at an August 2026 Dialog meeting in Ireland, and the disclosures are likely to prompt further requests for transparency and possible official review of funding and procurement links.