Overview
- On Thursday, June 25, 2026, Bavarian Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger presented Eckpunkte for a Gründungsbeschleunigungsgesetz in cooperation with Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia that aims to digitalize and shorten the company-formation process.
- Aiwanger used new data to press his case, citing an EY finding that Bavarian start-ups raised about €3.3 billion in 2025 versus roughly €2.7 billion in Berlin and a Bavarian ministry tally of 785 start-up formations, a 46 percent rise over 2024.
- Opposition parties accused Aiwanger of shifting responsibility to the federal level and offered competing measures including an SPD proposal for a Handwerksfonds for craftsmen and AfD calls for tax relief and lower energy costs.
- The submitted Eckpunkte are policy outlines that ask the Bund to act but cannot on their own change federal company law or tax rules, so any digitalization or tax changes would require formal federal legislation.
- If enacted, the law could cut wait times and paperwork for founders, increase access to capital by making firms easier to register, and shape whether Bavaria can turn recent funding gains into longer term industrial and green tech growth.