Tag: bureaucracy
Habeck sees good opportunities for free trade agreements with India
New Delhi At the start of his trip to India on Thursday, Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) raised hopes that a trade agreement between the EU and India would…
Official killer or bureaucracy turbo? How AI should save the state
Digital filing cabinets Artificial intelligence could make the German administration more efficient. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin When Florian Stegmann steps up to the lectern, a small detail on his t-shirt…
Official killer or bureaucracy turbo? How AI should save the state
Digital filing cabinets Artificial intelligence could make the German administration more efficient. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin When Florian Stegmann steps up to the lectern, a small detail on his t-shirt…
Official killer or bureaucracy turbo? How AI should save the state
Berlin When Florian Stegmann steps up to the lectern, a small detail on his t-shirt shows the enormous expectations attached to the project he will be presenting. It’s mid-June and…
Infographic: Public administration: The make-believe monster bureaucracy
Dusseldorf Too slow, too time-consuming, too complicated – the complaints about the German bureaucracy could be continued indefinitely. In international comparison, there are not that many civil servants and employees…
Economy complains about expensive proliferation of data protection regulations
Berlin After five years of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU set of standards with its 99 articles and 173 recitals is still giving the economy a hard…
Entrepreneurs are more dissatisfied with traffic lights than ever before
Olaf Scholz with Robert Habeck (left) and Christian Lindner (right) According to a recent survey, German satisfaction with the traffic light coalition is at an all-time low. The economy is…
Are new EU laws coming to a halt now?
Ursula von der Leyen When she took office, the President of the European Commission promised to delete one law for every new law. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels Manfred Weber is in…
Ministry of Finance plans offensive to reduce bureaucracy
Construction site Public procurement law prescribes, for example, how the state may allocate construction contracts. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Government contracts are extremely important for many companies – after all, the…
AI and start-ups: German barricades for innovations
Germany is falling behind in the innovation race (Photo: Getty) Dusseldorf, Berlin Germany is falling behind in the international innovation race. This is confirmed by a new study by the…
AI and start-ups: German barricades for innovations
Germany is falling behind in the innovation race (Photo: Getty) Dusseldorf, Berlin Germany is falling behind in the international innovation race. This is confirmed by a new study by the…
“We can learn a lot from the IRA”
Hanover From the point of view of Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD), Europe must improve its funding programs for green technologies. “We have to be guided by reality,…
Von der Leyen promises a reduction in bureaucracy – but the number of EU rules is growing
Ursula von der Leyen The EU Commission President wants less bureaucracy in the EU. (Photo: AP) Brussels The EU Commission is making a new attempt to reduce bureaucracy. Commission President…
Bulgaria and Romania could overtake Germany in terms of modernization
Exhibition “Germany Digital” Access to administrative services via the Internet does not seem to be progressing in this country. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It is actually the most important promise made…
National reform program Employers criticize the federal government’s lack of ambition for reform
Employer President Rainer Dulger “What really helps us entrepreneurs now so that the investment pipeline doesn’t run dry are clear priorities and the courage to change.” (Photo: IMAGO/Bernd Elmenthaler) Berlin…
Germany more crisis-proof than other economic nations
Chancellor Olaf Scholz According to a study, there is a “pronounced climate of trust” in the state, economy and society in Germany. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, Berlin In the competition between…
Employers see Lauterbach’s reform as a “bureaucracy monster”
Karl Lauterbach The Minister of Health is working on a care reform. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin In order to stabilize the financial situation of social long-term care insurance, Federal…
Employers see Lauterbach’s reform as a “bureaucracy monster”
Karl Lauterbach The Minister of Health is working on a care reform. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin In order to stabilize the financial situation of social long-term care insurance, Federal…
Entrepreneurs curse the bureaucracy
Berlin When the family council is re-elected, David Klett knows what follows: two weeks of paperwork. The board member of the Klett Group, a fourth-generation education company, feels patronized. “Whenever…
“This is not a welcoming culture” – How German bureaucracy makes it difficult for skilled workers to immigrate
Berlin Germany was shortlisted. But in the end, the young people from Bangladesh and India whom Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) met in Ottawa decided to live in Canada after…