Breaking: Merz attack on the Supply Chain Act

Dear friends, dear interested,

At his kick-off press conference in Brussels today, German Chancellor Merz called for the abolition of the EU supply chain law (‘CSDDD’) in opposition to the coalition agreement with the SPD. The press conference took place at the invitation of and together with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Friedrich Merz presented his demand in a commanding tone that has fortunately not been heard from Germany in Europe in recent years.

Watch the clip from the press conference for yourself:

The Merz initiative is completely out of place, especially on Europe Day. After all, the European idea stands for human rights and the rule of law. It contradicts the ideas of the European treaties to make people work for our consumption in global supply chains without respect to basic human rights. Many companies have long paid attention to social and ecological standards in their supply chains. In Germany, this has also been the law since the last grand coalition. The EU Supply Chain Act now simply ensures one standard throughout Europe and thus fair competition. This is why many companies support an EU supply chain law that is implemented as unbureaucratically as possible, as do trade unions, churches and civil society. Unfortunately, Ursula von der Leyen has refrained today from defending the European supply chain law that she herself proposed.

But the political question now is: How will the SPD and the Christian Democratic Labour Party (CDA) deal with this Merz announcement? It contradicts the coalition agreement. Read for yourself:

Now is the time for the SPD and CDA to make it clear that the coalition agreement continues to apply and that Germany is not (!) in favour of abolishing the EU Supply Chain Act.

Please, help to ensure that this Merz initiative is not ignored and spread my criticism on social media:

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Thank you very much!

With European greetings

Sven Giegold