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 16/25:
Katherina Reiche is right
“Last week, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche said what many politicians would rather ignore: the pension policy decisions made so far and the entire reform portfolio are not enough to get Germany back on track,” says BDA Chief Executive Kampeter in his opinion piece. Prof. Dr. Niklas Potrafke from the ifo Institute in Munich also supports Katherina Reiche in his commentary of the week on her initiative and warns that politicians and citizens are not fully aware of the effects of demographic change. Why working longer is essential if we want to keep our social security systems stable is the topic of the week.
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.
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