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Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Demand More Leadership From Merz

The managing director of the German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Christoph Ahlhaus, has called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) to insist more strongly on a clear policy direction within the coalition and to use his authority to issue directives. "By constantly talking down important reforms – be it the early retirement option at 63 or the healthcare sector – the trust of citizens and businesses is being completely…
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Ahead of the cabinet retreat at Neuhardenberg Castle, pressure is mounting on Friedrich Merz. BVMW head Christoph Ahlhaus laments the lack of an economic turnaround and calls for fundamental reforms.

The German Association of Medium-Sized Businesses has called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to demonstrate stronger and more decisive leadership within the coalition. The government's communication policies, which create uncertainty, and its decision to halt innovation incentives have been criticized.

The German Association of Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW) has called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to demonstrate more decisive leadership within the coalition. The association criticized the government's ambiguities in communication policy and its decision to halt innovation incentives, demanding the relaunch of the ZIM program and the creation of a sustainable funding model.

The managing director of the German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Christoph Ahlhaus, has called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) to insist more strongly on a clear policy direction within the coalition and to use his authority to issue directives. "By constantly talking down important reforms – be it the early retirement option at 63 or the healthcare sector – the trust of citizens and businesses is being completely…

Osnabrück. The Federal Managing Director of the BVMW, Christoph Ahlhaus, calls for a more active use of his guideline competence by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. "If the chancellor does not find a decisive, clear leadership very quickly at the end of the summer break, the coalition threatens to fall apart in one way or another in the medium term," said Ahlhaus in an interview with the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung&

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