Dear friends of the social economy, For many years, I have been campaigning in the European Union for a strong commitment to strengthening the social economy. Much progress has been made. Unfortunately, the mission letters to the Commissioners for the formation of the new Commission have now “forgotten” social enterprises and cooperatives with their approximately […]

Dear friends! Dear interested! The solar package passed this week by the German federal cabinet relieves photovoltaics of unnecessary bureaucracy. Thanks to countless suggestions from companies, authorities and civil society, the expansion of photovoltaics is set to move at record speed. The solar package contains a whole outpouring of shredded red tape for solar energy. […]

Dear friends, it is done! Last Thursday evening, the Bundestag passed the reform of antitrust law that I launched a good year ago. We are responding to the increased power of global companies with additional power for our Federal Competition Authority (‘Bundeskartellamt’)! This will make it easier to enforce functioning competition. Please spread the good […]

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Sven Giegold held talks on economic and European policies in Tbilisi/Georgia from 20 to 21 June 2023. He was accompanied by a business delegation including in particular representatives of SMEs from the construction industry. Mr Giegold met with Georgia’s Minister of Economy and […]

Dear friends, The Council of EU Member States has just (16 June 2023) given the green light for the massive expansion of renewable energies. After months of blocking, the Council decided to tighten the EU Renewable Energy Directive. An investment boom across the EU will be the result. Share this good news here (in German): […]

Dear friends, Today, the Council of EU Member States adopted the next big milestone of the European Green Deal. The new Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) will make sustainable products the standard in the EU internal market. The previous Ecodesign Directive will thus be comprehensively modernised. In future, products will have to be energy efficient and […]