Il cancelliere tedesco Merz ammette: dobbiamo ridurre sostanzialmente la burocrazia in Europa. Il mercato unico è stato creato un tempo per formare l’area economica più competitiva del mondo. Invece, siamo diventati i campioni mondiali dell’eccessiva regolamentazione. Questa cosa deve finire.
German Chancellor Merz admits: We must substantially reduce bureaucracy in Europe. The single market was once created to form the most competitive economic area in the world. Instead, we have become the world champion of overregulation. That has to end.
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It has to end for our own companies but when it comes to foreign monopolies as in the tech sector we have to use regulation to support European competitors.
I would start by saying that Germany is in the top of the EU of overregulation. But it’s indeed true …. we need to make things more efficient. Regulation should be there to assure we have quality, health, safety and certainty. But it should not be there to make things more complicated. Burocracy costs money and life is already expensive..
A call for less bureaucracy is only credible if you specify which forms of control you want to give up, which interests you want less protected. Because that’s why we have regulations in the first place.
Not too long ago the EU introduced regulations forbidding words as “sausage” or “milk” to denominate vegan options. Not because consumers were confused and inadvertently bought vegan burgers, but to protect the interests of the meat industry.
So Merz, please specify which regulations protecting which industries do you want to abolish?
Regulations are there for a reason. Knowing Merz and his friends, they don’t care about the reason.
Make the process more efficient wherever possible, but make sure to not reduce or risk the health of us people.
Merz often makes correct statements like this one, just to do the opposite lateron.
When people like him say this, I’m assuming what he wants to get rid of is labour rights/unions and environmental standards. [I recall he doesn’t like German workers taking sick days, or something, no?] Regulations that protect entrenched monopolies/oligopolies/clients/rentiers, internet censorship, or NIMBYs are probably just fine for him.
People of the world, hear this: Reducing bureaucracy is the best selling in and from Germany, we are the best exporter of this very knowledge. It can be seen … soon be seen… errrr, we are talking about it but SOON we will….
We are talking about this reduction for more that two decades and still even could not figure our WHAT to reduce, WHEN and by WHOM. For me one of the best example that the talking is easy, the doing (esp. when it’ll annoy and hurt people) is the real pain
Soooo… Will UniCredit be allowed to buy Commerzbank?
As long as he isn’t talking about removing regulations that protect the consumers/population against profit seeking, corner cutting industries.
I’m sick of hearing obvious calls for less democracy for decades, it’s the standard go-to for most speeches.
The issue is in the execution, folks. Previous attempts at reducing bureaucracy have been slowed down by…bureaucracy.
Heard that one before, classic neoliberal Ex Blackrock speech.
and fax machines, we should reduce fax machines …. 😀
Wouldn’t the term “European integration” be more appropriate than “deregulation”? One might sound like a safety line cut, compared to the other.
Less in words, more in action!
move on, officers
There should be a process in which, after a few years, the effect of a new regulation is checked to ensure that the desired outcome has been reached and the positive outcomes outweight the negative ones
The only reason he is saying this is because Trump wants to sell chlorinated chicken
A **GERMAN** is saying this about regulations. That’s like asking water to stop being wet.
I expect that after these words, everyone will understand that bureaucracy must be fought: by creating an extensive network of committees and bureaus, and holding four meetings a day. We must also, of course, draft dozens of new regulations and guidelines, along with securing additional appropriations.
Otherwise, can you even call it a fight against bureaucracy? /s
The stupid and necessary change that NO ONE wants it make is making English an official second language union wide. This would have the biggest impact for further integration.and economic growth.
The amount of paperwork and localization costs that would disappear overnight is incredible.
But we value our ethno states more than our union.
Reasons:
Companies break every law they can if no one watches
Goverment offices dont wanna give up influence
Goverment offices want to make their own rules(if two offices cooperate they have to follow the same standard)
If everybody is responsible for something than no one is responsible for anything
More bureaucracy allows more ways to block things politicians dont like
And shit heads like Merz want to follow the Nazi fascist Musk with his DOGE. Cut oversight and rules so companies can fuck up everything even more. Dont even have to destroy evidence if you never had to produce evidence in the first place. Or just cut the funding so oversight offices cant do their work.
If Merz could he would turn Germany into the same shit hole Trump turned the USA into
As a German, I find it hilarious a German is claiming the EU has too much bureaucracy.
I guess soon the green deals will be abolished.
UK here. Losing ‘bureaucracy’ fucked things up and made it harder.
The cycle of deregulation / regulation:
1. Companies complain about excessive regulations
2. Politicians: We need less regulation ! Why do we have to be stricter than other countries?
3. Regulations are abolished or reduced and this is presented as a benefit for the economy.
4. Bad things happen: Accidents due to faulty products. Catastrophies because of lax safety rules. Consumers are getting screwed by unscrupulous companies. There is unfair competition from companies with lower standards on safety, quality, employee rights.
5. The public: Why doesn’t the government do something to prevent this? We want to be protected.
6. Politicians: This needs to be regulated urgently !
7. Regulation is introduced and is presented as a benefit for the people.
Start again
“Merz admits” something vague about regulation. Cool framing bro. Presupposing that both an over-regulation problem exists and that Merz actually has an idea which regulations are too much and isn’t just spouting this shit because he knows some people will gobble it up, no matter how vague and useless of a statement he makes.
He is happy with overregulation as long as it benefits large coporations and his rich friends. All he wants is less oversight on what those coporations do and less protection for workers.
…and then tells everyone to send him Suggestios by Fax.
Regulation has saved personal data, enhanced food standards, emmision levels, etc, etc. Overregulation because LOBBY GROUPS have made legislation more complicated.
Does he realize it’s the regulation that creates the common market? Because without an EU Regulation, we would have 27 national regulations.
Does he realize it’s the regulation that creates the common market? Because without an EU Regulation, we would have 27 national regulations.
So…do something about it?! It’s frustrating to hear so much complaining from Merz and so little action. And this after Scholz!
Regulation is at the end of the day **very** good.
90% of regulation is written in blood and is there to protect people.
Asking for a blanket cut in regulation and bureaucracy is a huge red flag
I can hear the useless gammon brexit cunts shouting “THAT WAS MY ENTIRE ARGUMENT!”
And you can start in Germany mate good grief.
I support this view. Overregulation is destroying the EU’s potential. We need lean norms that help rather than hinder and predictability not convoluted regs and trade barriers (non tariff).
Expecting to be downvoted by folks who have no clue what the business environment is like and how long it takes to actually be able to start investing from the ground up and how much tax hinderence there is for SMEs. Billionaires and large corps ofc get special treatment and they also have the clout and money to avoid or reduce taxation and adherence to regulations.
EU is a great place if you are already rich. If you want to become rich, it’s arguably the worst place in the world. Hence the economic stagnation. We’ve already lost the AI race, and will be again dependant on the US for this. Criticize trump all you want but that ‘big beautiful bill’ from last year has supercharged investment in several economic sectors, chief among them, AI. While the EU did it’s best to regulate it and in the process, discourage it.
European wealth should be used to invest in EU tech, and home grown industries not sent to the US and China to invest there. There should be absolutely no reason to do so. Macron, I think, recently said 300 billion EUR goes to the US as investments EVERY SINGLE YEAR. That’s 3 trillion of outflow that could be used right here in our home to invest and grow local businesses and develop technology.
If it’s not absolutely clear by now, and you’re still against this, you are part of the problem.
Yay looks like we’re moving closer to the shit sandwich US citizens got, less regulation for business more for ordinary citizens (e.g chat control)
Wish we could have Angela Merkel back.
Here here
US billionaire starting to reach their tendrils theough Germany it seems.
Why is he telling us about this? He’s the guy in charge.
Enough of talking about it and actually do it. If Europe wants to be competitive at the World stage – changes have to happen.
He is 100% right about that.
Okay make new centeral EU, and if you want to be part of it you have to meet the new autonomous system
All talk, no action from Mr. BlackRock.
Taxes are in Europe too high as well.
Like everthing he does, it will be for the rich people only.
He’s not filled out the correct form to be making this statement.
“admits” now means stating your well known ideology
Is Germany very bureaucratic?
Regulation isn’t the main issue here. It’s the cumbersome process in which the EU has to go on. First it has to be accepted within the EU parliament itself then it sends a directive to each nation within the EU membership to be passed in their own parliamentary system.