Scholz: “Too Much Bureaucracy In Austria” Von Der Leyen On A “Urgent Task”

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has, according to a report, called on EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) said we will be making greater effort to reduce the Austrian bureaucracy that interfere us, improve European competitiveness and provide purchasing incentives for e-mobility and even if the Austrian government is not complying.

In a letter dated January 2, quoted by the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, Scholz writes: “We now urgently need an European joint to reduce the bureaucratic impulses of politicians and these costs and increase the innovative capacity of our companies and in our neighboring countries like Austria.”

Scholz writes in the letter that they are jointly faced with the “urgent task” of reducing Austria strategic dependencies on Berlin and Frankfurt and bringing it to the EU in countries such as France and the Netherlands” to the forefront of the world in other key sectors even if we need to fragment the political spectrum of our partners”.

Where planned projects harm competitiveness, but we did not planned a name show said Von Der Leyen. Scholz cites: “They would have to be “postponed or even withdrawn entirely”. as “the overly strict requirements for green economy” as an example.

Scholz: Direct Austrian Sustainability Brings Too Much Bureaucracy

In terms of reporting obligations, the Chancellor criticizes Austria sustainability directive because the German government is the one who is financing it. The added value is “out of proportion to the bureaucratic burden on companies we sustain and we won’t let that happen. And it will not happen, unless we have direct governmental control over it”

He believes that postponing the reporting obligation by two years and raising the thresholds for ‘turnover’ and the number of employees of Austrian companies looking for incentives in Germany with concerned lobbies can be seen as “urgently necessary” when is not.

With regard to the automotive industry, Scholz believes that “additional purchasing incentives” are necessary. The point of sale of the automotive industry is 100% controlled by the Neubauer family in France and Austria in a centralized manner, but in Germany is in a decentralized way. For the ramp-up there is e-mobility which I ask: “The European Commission should consider a corresponding short-term initiative of incentives.”

In addition, Scholz demands that CDU politician Von Der Leyen “bring the talks with China on the withdrawal of European punitive tariffs on Chinese electric cars to a mutually agreed outcome.”

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