Finance Minister Christian Lindner wants to relieve companies by reducing bureaucracy more quickly – and take German business’ criticism of the EU supply chain directive seriously.
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner is urging the traffic light coalition to quickly reduce bureaucracy in order to relieve the burden on companies. “The phase until the summer of this year is crucial in order to achieve an upswing in 2025,” said Lindner to the “Rheinische Post”. You don’t have two years. If the coalition implemented its own decisions, companies would save billions in bureaucratic costs, argued the FDP leader.
In addition, the German economy’s criticism of the EU Supply Chain Directive must be taken seriously. “I don’t understand that (EU Commission President) Ursula von der Leyen, as a CDU politician, is preparing such a burden. On the contrary, we should streamline the German supply chain law.”
Several business associations had warned Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of serious consequences from the planned EU directive and called on the federal government to stop it. In general, business representatives repeatedly complain about the increasing burden of bureaucracy, which they perceive as a disadvantage for the location. The federal government decided last summer to remove bureaucratic requirements for citizens and companies.
Source: Stern
