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The last president of the BDI industrial association, who is remembered by a large number of at least older Germans, is probably Hans-Olaf Henkel.
The reason: Henkel always had steep theses and tough demands on politics.
Since he left office after five years in office at the turn of the millennium, things had become much quieter around the association - probably much to the delight of the respective federal government.
But now the association can no longer stand it.
His new president Siegfried Russwurm is attacking the black-red coalition under Angela Merkel (CDU) with harsh criticism: "The political failures of recent years are massively evident in the lack of digital tracking of infections and the sluggish vaccination appointment management," Russwurm reads the government the Levites.
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"Politicians have an obligation to get rid of these unacceptable conditions for an industrial and high-tech nation and, in extreme cases, even dangerous conditions for citizens." In an international comparison, Germany is far from a functioning digital administration for society and the economy away.
The growing gap between public and private digital equipment is becoming a serious location problem.
“This is also an imposition for the employees in public administration,” the BDI President criticized.
It is a criticism that the Union should not hide behind the mirror.
After all, after Angela Merkel's 16-year reign, the CDU and CSU are responsible for the conditions described.
Bad report for the CDU / CSU
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For a party that has traditionally always claimed economic expertise and good administrative behavior as core competencies, the words of the BDI boss are extremely bad testimony - especially in an election year.
But the BDI does not stop at criticizing the government.
It also submits its own eight-point catalog of requirements.
Eight points that should make the location more competitive when it comes to digital administration were implemented.
That is why the industry association also demands the timely implementation of the Online Access Act (OZG) in 2022. The discussion about the act of digitization and access is not enough, writes the BDI under
point 1
in its 18-page paper, which is available to WELT AM SONNTAG .
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Rather, the transformation of the overall processes between business and authorities towards greater efficiency must be considered: “It is of crucial importance that the newly developed digital offers not only in individual (pilot) municipalities or countries, but as soon as possible for everyone Companies and citizens: are made available. "
Under
point 2
, the BDI calls for an administration portal that is to be developed according to the needs of the user - not according to internal administrative matters.
If necessary, the planned citizen portal on the Internet would have to be merged with the company portal.
“A simple search engine as the end product must not be the claim for Germany as a location.” Priority must be a user-friendly, understandable and well-structured portal that makes all services accessible online.
Six further demands of the BDI
The six other demands of the industry representatives read like a matter of course, but so far they have not been: a high-performance infrastructure with the expansion of the gigabit network, artificial intelligence and the sovereign use of cloud services.
Linking and modernizing the existing more than 200 registers in Germany.
The safe handling of data for the exchange of companies and authorities.
Identification and authentication via mobile devices.
E-government should be controlled centrally and connected to a first official contact person.
It must be a matter for the boss.
And probably the greatest wish: a stronger involvement of business representatives, for example in the meetings of the IT planning council.
Hans-Olaf Henkel would probably have liked that too.