In an open letter to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), the East German chambers of industry and commerce have criticized the actions of the federal government. According to the letter, which was signed by the presidents of several chambers from Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the regional economy is "in a permanent state of crisis". They criticize the lack of "integration of various interests in the political process". "Instead, a culture of 'decision-making without involvement' and a blatant difference between the words and deeds of the federal government is spreading," says the letter, which was distributed on Monday.
The chambers cite the scandal surrounding the federal budget at the end of last year as an example. "Many trouble spots that already existed before can become a conflagration as a result of the way the federal government deals with the Karlsruhe ruling," write the IHK presidents.
They also criticize the lack of bureaucracy reduction and "incentives for non-work". "All of this is eroding Germany's international competitiveness."
