[HIGHLIGHTS] Bureaucracy, taxes, skilled workers: business associations demand reforms in a fire letter to Scholz

Leading German business associations call for reforms for an economic awakening in Germany. Bureaucracy must be eliminated, tax incentives reformed, and pensions made future-proof.

“Frustration and uncertainty are growing in many companies,” says the letter that SPIEGEL has received. The letter was signed by the presidents of the Federal Association of German Employers' Associations (BDA), the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) and the Central Association ofGerman Crafts (ZDH)