Wirtschaft und Soziales
16. November 2020
The President of the German Employers' Association, Ingo Kramer, declares in a letter to the Federal Chancellor, the Head of the Federal Chancellery and the Heads of Government of the Federal States: "As a citizen and as the President of the German Employers' Association, I was horrified to read in the proposed resolution for the video conference of the Federal Chancellor with the Heads of Government of the Federal States that disproportionate and generally undermining measures are to be taken to reduce the infection level of COVID-19.
16. November 2020
An appeal by the "Alliance for Cosmopolitanism, Solidarity, Democracy and the Rule of Law - against Intolerance, Misanthropy and Violence" on the occasion of the Corona Crisis. The Corona pandemic and its management are a heavy burden for people in Germany and worldwide. Since the outbreak of the crisis, society and politics in our country have done many things right.
11. November 2020
On the occasion of the annual report of the Council of Economic Experts presented today, the Confederation of German Employers' Associations states:
Of course, the German economy hopes that the Council of Economic Experts is correct in its forecast and that the economy will not crash as badly as feared this year.
11. November 2020
Commenting on the key points for reforming long-term care insurance presented by the Federal Ministry of Health, BDA Managing Director Steffen Kampeter said:
With constant decisions for additional expenditure without a solid financing concept, politicians have brought the long-term care insurance out of financial balance.
29. October 2020
Commenting on the Corona measures adopted by the Federal Government, the President of the Employers' Association, Ingo Kramer, said:
We welcome the keeping open of schools, day-care centres and trade. However, in the case of the closure of catering and accommodation businesses, we have the impression that, despite compliance with distance and hygiene measures, actionism has consequently been placed before objective justification.
28. October 2020
Commenting on today's EU minimum wage directive, BDA Managing Director Steffen Kampeter said:
We reject a European minimum wage bureaucracy as a usurpation of powers by the European Commission. German politicians are called upon to reject this decisively. When it comes to the minimum wage, we must leave the church in the village and with the social partners.
