Overview
- The federal Entlastungskabinett introduced November measures to relax reporting duties and simplify applications in pursuit of €16 billion in savings.
- Normenkontrollrat vice chair Sabine Kuhlmann called the package a partial step that will not deliver the stated goal.
- A guest commentary by DIW economist Alexander S. Kritikos argues the government lacks a coherent strategy and notes eight draft laws risk being offset by new rules elsewhere.
- Despite a surge in legal volume to nearly 40,000 pages over 15–16 years, the Statistisches Bundesamt index shows company bureaucracy costs about 4% below 2012 levels.
- Experts cite disjointed IT rollouts that force municipalities to build parallel systems and urge unified online portals and log-ins, while Hessen has installed a dedicated minister for deregulation.