We need to prioritize work over unemployment

Employers' association president Dr. Rainer Dulger on the latest labor market figures:

We need to prioritize work over unemployment

Berlin, September 30, 2025. "The balance in the labor market is shifting. Employment is growing almost exclusively in the public sector, education, and healthcare. It is declining in the manufacturing sector, which is the backbone of our economy.

Reforms are not a political option, but an economic necessity. Only a strong economy can secure a strong welfare state. In concrete terms, this means that we now need genuine debureaucratization, forward-looking welfare state reforms, and priority for work instead of non-work."