In contrast to Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Federal Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche does not aggressively urge the abolition of the European supply chain law.
“The coalition agreement makes a very clear statement,” said the CDU politician in Brussels when asked whether she also advocates the abolition of the EU directive.
The coalition agreement states that there is less bureaucracy at the European and also at the German level when it comes to implementing European guidelines into national law, said Reich. “We are working on the implementation of this coalition agreement.” During his inaugural visit to Brussels, Merz (also CDU) had spoken out to overturn the EU Act. In the black and red coalition agreement it says that this should be implemented with the EU supply chain guideline.
Reiche emphasized that European guidelines should be the case that the economy is not suffocated. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made it very clear that the Commission also sees it as its task to burden the EU countries and its citizens with less bureaucratic obligations. “This is urgently time for us to change here,” said the Minister of Economy.