Just a bunch of funny pointed hats spouting funny nonsense.
You can't really take it seriously when authorities keep requiring Windows as an operating system and dismiss Linux from the start because it supposedly doesn't work with Microsoft systems (which of course is bullshit). To me it sounds like yet another worry-wart trying to make themselves seem important at others' expense.
Well, what do you expect from a conference of a Federal Association for Digital Economy...
The original article can be found on heise online news at this link.