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The bureaucracy in Germany, whose costs and burdens have been criticized for over 200 years, remains inadequately quantified, as existing measurement tools do not fully capture the impact of the growing norms and regulations. #Bürokratie #Regulierungswut #Kostenanalysen (translated)

Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank, expresses in a BILD interview his conviction of the necessity of pension reforms and warns the government against diluting these measures, while emphasizing that protection against dismissal, subsidies, and bureaucracy must also be reformed to make Germany more efficient. #Rentenreform #DeutscheBank #ChristianSewing (translated)

Artificial intelligence wrote that the sugar tax was abolished in 1993 due to bureaucratic efforts and is now being reintroduced. For this, 1,000 additional officials are needed, the author wrote, comparing the number to the 800 employees of the largest European AI developer Mistral AI, according to his information. #Zuckersteuer #Bürokratie #KI (translated)

As a medium-sized entrepreneur who has to fight for savings every day, I find it hard to justify additional burdens on our economy, especially in the current situation. When I consider the costs for implementation, control, and additional bureaucracy, I seriously question whether there will be any financial benefit for the federal budget in the end. #Zuckersteuer #Gesundheitspolitik #Koalition (translated)

The author wrote that every 19 minutes a company goes bankrupt. Since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 15,000 business failures, 6.9 percent more than in 2025. He attributed the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises to energy prices, bureaucracy, and taxes, and accused Merz of inaction. Only the AfD would change something about it, he declared. https://t.co/OYOj9EmMiO #Insolvenz #Mittelstand #Wirtschaft #DE (translated)

Ernst Mayr, head of Fussl Modestraße, expresses concern about the challenges facing Austrian brick-and-mortar retail, which are exacerbated by high personnel costs, bureaucracy, and international competition, while still believing in the future of retail. #FusslModestraße #ÖsterreichischerHandel #OnlineKonkurrenz (translated)

Federal Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) plans to reform and reduce the extensive reporting obligations for companies in order to reduce bureaucracy and make the transparent fulfillment of sustainability requirements more practical. #Berichtspflichten #Bürokratieabbau #Nachhaltigkeit (translated)

Oliver Gorus wrote that the Merz government’s program is easily understandable and also emotionally addresses the people. He summarized it as a repeated cycle of higher debts, taxes, and levies, as well as more bureaucracy and regulation, which ultimately ends with another increase in debt and then starts all over again. #Politik #Steuern #Bürokratie (translated)

The author wrote that the EU is heading towards a crisis, pointing to sharply rising prices and energy costs as well as excessive bureaucracy. He called for the resignation of Ursula von der Leyen and the entire EU Commission and advocated for a system change with more democracy, closer ties to citizens, and common sense. https://t.co/FEhqJenQKg #EU #Demokratie #Bürgernähe #EU #DE (translated)

Max Stirner contrasted the statement that the AfD endangers freedom and democracy with a pointed interpretation: According to his depiction, the speakers are actually concerned about the potential threat to their "bullshit jobs" and bureaucracy. #Demokratie #Freiheit #AfD (translated)

The EU is launching a pilot program called the Agile Initiative to accelerate developments in the defense sector, reduce bureaucracy, and promote innovations, while the use of autonomous weapons without human control is excluded. #Agilität #Verteidigung #KünstlicheIntelligenz (translated)

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote that after a year of state modernization, much has been achieved with the construction turbo and digital offerings. The government intends to continue the path to less bureaucracy with high speed. The direction is correct; the state will become more modern and efficient, Merz stated. #Staatsmodernisierung #Bürokratieabbau #DigitaleTransformation (translated)

The federal government plans to reduce the number of representatives in companies, which could lead to the elimination of about 123,000 positions and an annual relief of 135 million euros for the companies. #BürokratieAbbau #Sicherheitsbeauftragte #Unternehmensreformen (translated)

Kolja Barghoorn wrote that demonstrators recognized him that day in the cathedral square in Magdeburg and repeatedly called him a "Nazi." Hearing the shouts up close had a different effect than reading them on the internet. Barghoorn interpreted such labels as a sign of a lack of historical understanding and a moral abyss. He referred to a visit to Sachsenhausen during his school years and to his visit this year to the House of the Wannsee Conference. There, he saw the organizational chart of the Nazis and traced how systematically they had planned the persecution and murder of millions of people. Regarding Nazi comparisons made by politicians such as Eva von Angern, Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz, and Ricarda Lang, Barghoorn questioned their historical awareness. Those who emphasize the historical uniqueness of the Holocaust must ask themselves whether the constant use of the term "Nazi" as a political insult is appropriate. Such shouts do not strengthen the awareness of the Nazi era but rather turn its crimes into a political everyday weapon and contribute to their trivialization, he wrote. #Nazis #Politik #Geschichte (translated)

Volker Ketzer wrote that the government plans a new plastic tax of 550 euros per ton. Since plastic is found in numerous products and packaging, manufacturers would, in his estimation, pass on the tax costs and the additional bureaucratic effort to consumers. The state expects revenues of nearly 1.5 billion euros per year starting in 2028, he wrote. He criticized that the levy will raise the cost of shopping while being described as environmental protection. #Plastiksteuer #Umweltschutz #Einkaufspreise (translated)

Simon Betschinger referred to a report by Handelsblatt, stating that the plastic tax would generate 1.4 billion euros and cause 150 million euros in bureaucracy costs. He accused the SPD of expanding the state apparatus instead of improving the lives of citizens and wrote that the party primarily wanted to hire more officials whose salaries would be financed by new taxes. #Plastiksteuer #SPD #Bürokratie (translated)

Mario Lochner wrote that Merz promised to reduce bureaucracy and stated, "the left is over." In contrast, he presented two new taxes on sugar and plastic. According to his representation, the implementation of these would require more than 1,000 additional civil servants. Lochner commented that one could hardly imagine that. #Bürokratieabbau #Steuern #Politik (translated)

The account of the savings book enemy wrote that Germany currently pays 1.4 billion euros annually from the federal budget for the EU levy on plastic packaging. Lars Klingbeil wants to change this from 2027; the plastic tax will be passed on to consumers. Hundreds of additional officials will be needed for control, and there will be a lot of bureaucracy for producers and traders. The additional burden for a family of four is estimated to be between 80 and 100 euros per year. The account described the levy as another consumption tax that increases the cost of food and drives inflation. #Plastiksteuer #Inflation #Verbraucherschutz (translated)