German Regulatory Council Criticizes Bureaucratic Burdens and Calls for Reform

The National Regulatory Control Council highlights the economic toll of bureaucracy and urges a 25% reduction in four years.

The National Regulatory Control Council (NKR) reports that bureaucracy costs the German economy €65 billion annually, calling the current level unsustainable.
NKR Chair Lutz Goebel criticized the former coalition government for increasing bureaucratic burdens early in its term, citing the highly complex Building Energy Act as a key example.
The upcoming Fourth Bureaucracy Relief Act is seen as a positive step but insufficient to address the systemic issues.
Goebel proposed a 25% reduction in bureaucracy over four years and called for measures like unified data collection and modernization of government registers to streamline processes.
The NKR also recommended granting veto power over inefficient legislation and reducing the scope of EU-mandated regulations like the Supply Chain Act.