January 4, 2018 | Nature

Elsevier granted uninterrupted access to about 2, 500 journals for German scientists/universities while they work out a deal for a collective deal is hammered out nationally. Talks broke down at the end of 2017.

For more information see: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00093-7 and https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-07817-1