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 22/25:
Those who pay longer prolong stagnation – thinking about unemployment benefits correctly
‘Anyone who believes that longer periods of unemployment benefit payments will create security is in fact promoting stagnation. Unemployment cannot be financed away – it must be overcome,’ warns BDA Chief Executive Steffen Kampeter in his opinion piece. Those who remain unemployed for longer often lose touch. The European AI Regulation is the topic of the week: Is it possible to harness the opportunities offered by AI for the economy and society without slowing down companies with excessive regulation? This week's extra takes a virtual look at VR and AR and their applications in everyday business life. This issue's guest commentary comes from Wolf Mang, President of the Association of Hessian Business Associations. His warning: Germany is putting on the brakes and wondering why it is losing momentum.
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
