Dr. Rainer Dulger, Employer President
I want this country to remain successful, innovative and prosperous.
And to achieve this, politicians must finally focus on Germany as a business location and our competitiveness.
Issue 23/25:
Our welfare state deserves an Agenda 2030 – and our future demands it.
“Those who don't have the courage to ask the big questions today will lose the answers tomorrow,” warns employers' association president Dulger in the latest issue of Standpunkt, adding: “Our welfare state is not a sure-fire success. It is a legacy. And this legacy is being put to the test. It is not fair if it continues to grow, but if it provides targeted help.” The topic of the week is the austerity package that has been adopted to reduce bureaucracy in the care sector. The BDA criticizes that structural issues remain unresolved. Roberto Suárez Santos, Secretary General of the International Organization of Employers (IOE), reports in his commentary on the World Summit for Social Development in Doha and calls for people-oriented growth. The Omnibus I procedure, or more precisely the CSRD rules, is examined in this week's extra. Conclusion: The current draft law on CSRD comes at an inopportune time.
You can read about these and other topics in the current BDA agenda.
Mission
The BDA ensures that the social partnership anchored in the Basic Law succeeds and that fair working conditions are guaranteed in our country.
Vision
Our goal is to operate in such a way that future generations can also find sufficient employment and create prosperity.
Values
The social market economy underlies our actions and is based on freedom, responsibility, subsidiarity and solidarity.
The voice of German business in Europe
Committed to Europe – in Berlin and Brussels. The Brussels office of our European Affairs Department constitutes together with BDI, the BDI/BDA The German Business Representation - the European voice of the entire German business community. We analyse what the European Union’s latest legislative proposals would mean for German business and jobs. And much more.
Strong employer organisations
Members of the BDA are 14 interdisciplinary regional associations and 46 federal umbrella associations of employers from the fields of industry, trade, finance, transport, crafts, services and agriculture. Around 1 million companies with approx. 30.5 million employees are affiliated to them directly or indirectly via their member associations.
Federal top-level associations
National Associations
