DIHK President Peter Adrian said: “The corona pandemic continues to be a burden for the German economy: companies that were particularly affected by the lockdowns have not yet made up for their losses and are struggling with liquidity bottlenecks. At the same time, interrupted supply chains and price increases have a negative impact on many companies. “
In this way, regulations and unavoidable restrictions on business activity would be easier to communicate and would be better accepted if they were would apply uniformly nationwide. It must be reliable and informed in good time are about rules at the site. More intensive coordination is needed between politics, the companies concerned and associations. With a greater use of digital tools many closings could have been prevented. The digitalization of the administration must be promoted.
Professional and coordinated between the federal and state governments Structures could accelerate the disbursement of aid, it said. An accompanying nationwide IT structure should avoid interface problems, for example between federal and state IT programs. It should also be a “Lock-down database” to be created.