Il primo ministro tedesco: “Noi [Germany and the EU] sono diventati campioni del mondo della sovraregolamentazione.”
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Do you think Merz’s comment that the EU is the “world champion of overregulation” is a fair characterisation of the situation or is regulation being used as an easy scapegoat for the problems facing Europe today?
It’s honestly rare to hear an EU leader openly admit that overregulation has become a serious problem instead of pretending everything is working perfectly.
Merz is Chancellor, not Prime Minister.
I’m reserving judgement until I know which specific regulations he has in mind. But I have dark suspicions.
Yes, there should be a new law against that
This war for deregulation is really a front for industry consolidation in Europe which is being pushed by global bankers/hedge funds/dealmakers.
Obviously excessive Nimbyism/bureaucracy are bad but there are benefits to overregulation (worker/environmental protections/market access)
The issue is too much cash is going to retirees/pensioners/non workers instead of military/industrial policy
Well, he’s been chancellor for over a year. It’s up to him to do something against it…. Nothing is happening. All he does is complain.
The world doesn’t need more neoliberalism
The right wing’s hyper focus on overregulation is hilarious. We’re facing dozens of more urgent problems and they offer solutions to none of them
Here we go, the beginning of the end for consumer protection, privacy laws, environmental protections and corporate oversight!
Merz had a long career as a corporate lawyer and half his cabinet is a corrupt set of industry plants.
Of course Herr Blackrock hates regulations that are better for the average person but block unfettered turbocapitalism for him and his mates. This scum is forging the path for the AfD to takeover and finish the job on this miserable country.
Stupidity is even worse than overregulation.
Imagine closing nuclear ☢️ power plants because they are bad for the environment only to then use coal fired plants to generate the most expensive energy in the World and kill your industry too.
I would like to try and get rid of stupidity first before we get rid of regulation.
Overregulation is a symptom NOT the problem.
Neuvahl. Time for new elections.
Blackrock chairman says what
He is right
Totally agreed. The EU needs to re-focus its efforts into policies with an actual impact on the well-being, living standards, and economic opportunities of it’s citizens and companies.
That sick fuck wants to introduce a 73.5 hour week. Don’t listen to him!
Still going with neoliberalism? Didn’t people seen enough of this illusion? It will never work.
Merz Leck Eier.
Not to mention:
Incompetence, arrogance and above all INDIFERENCE.
And I know this first hand.
He will still preserve regulations that protect his rich friends. He’s destroying the German working class, don’t be misled.
Yeah, why don’t we allow companies to exploit us even harder and shift burden on the people ?
You know what? He’s absolutely right.
I would rather live in a society where industries are over-regulated than under-regulated. Not saying there isn’t a happy medium, but I’m not personally up for taking the risk of losing consumer and environmental protections in the name of making it easier to start a business in Europe.
Not letting Musk do what he wants on X, forcing apple to use USB C and replaceable batteries in future phones. If that is overregulation, give me more!!!
Not that he’s gonna, like, DO anything about it.
Overegulation is code in the same way austerity is code for cutting social services and labor laws.
So far, Merz has talked about pushing retirement age later, said people need to work more and longer, and implied reducing social services, etc.
In effect this means removing labor laws and protections, environmental protections and standards, agricultural laws, various commercial and industrial compliance regulations, other types of business standards, etc.
Basically, the “make it shitty” strategy.
It’s funny how billionaires and corporations continue getting more every year but, it is the majority of citizens who must always sacrifice and get less.
It’s funny cause his party ruled like 80+% of the time since 1945…
If the EU passes a required law, Germany pushes to make it lokally more complicated.
Industries and companies have abused our natural resources and trust for centuries. If “over”regulation is the result, they have only themselves to blame for their history of destroyed habitats, polluted rivers and exploited workers.
You can start by deregulating age checks on the internet
No shit? You can’t even buy video games there
And they killed their ability to have clean energy.
There are a lot of regulations that are kinda useless but cause a lot of costs. Especially in construction sector.
Well overregulation…the Dutch goverment knows a thing or two about that.
But at least there is not digital sign in yet like the Brits have.
Then does nothing.
Everybody can go home already.
yes, free the bottle caps and remove the unnecessary forced assistance systems in cars that just increase risk and drive prices up – but I guess he’s more looking at stuff that annoys his business friends than average Franzs
Deregulation can many times be bad, but bureaucracy can be pretty ridiculous in Germany. The Norwegian army’s contingent in Germany during the end of the Cold War had to buy a random red stamp from Bauhaus which they liberally used on the documents the Germans had to see. The amount of paperwork went down by a lot.
German politicans have discovered the art of talking about, rightly so, important issues while doing nothing about it
The best one was Scholz recently doing an Interview complaining about how Germany was a country of engineer and became a country of lawyers. Guy was in government for years and didnt do shit
> the EU “needs far more coordinated industrial policy, more rapid decisions and massive investment if it wants to keep pace economically with rivals the United States and China
Draghi report. I don’t see most of that happening. We won’t become more investor/shareholder friendly. From what I have seen, taxes on capital gains are increasing in most countries, not lowering. Rapid decisions? Sounds like an oxymoron in terms of EU bureaucracy. We are seeing big investments in defense. That sector is booming. Is AI, tech, space, old industry? Not really.
Deeply amused at how this sub fantasizes about a Europe that’s broken away from US hegemony while simultaneously taking umbrage at the notion that EU regulations seriously hamper global its economic competitiveness and innovation potential.
We have also become world champions of human development index, infant mortality, education and carbon emissions among high income countries but I dont see him mentioning that.
Maybe he thinks all these are not connected.
Mr black rock wants financial deregulation of course
I mean he is right. Heavy industry is aching because of it. The number one reason after high energy prices is bureucracy.
The chemical industry is being chocked by it. Plants closure is 10% of all production capabilities since 2022 and the average utilization rate is ~70% for a plant to be profitable you need ~80% utilization. More than a hundred thousands jobs have been lost and its going to get worse.
There have been instances where a factory couldnt sell its products to a Neighbouring country inside EU because the bureacracy would be to expensive. Or just the ammount of paperwork you have to fill for extremely trivial things which no one is even going to look at. Some engineers probably do 80% paperwork and only 20% relevant work
I want to add that a recent law that cuts regulations for small butcher shops in half was unanimously voted against by his party.
No shit egg licker. Talk is cheap, what did you do to fix it?
Seeing the responses in this thread serves as a great reminder of why Europe is being left behind economically.