Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir (Greens) and the President of the German Agricultural Society (DLG) Hubertus Paetow have called for less bureaucracy in agriculture. "What you want and what I want to create is planning security and reliability, less unnecessary bureaucracy and more scope for organization," said Özdemir on Tuesday during a visit to the DLG General Assembly in Leipzig, which is not open to the public, according to a speech transcript.
However, it will not be possible to do completely without bureaucratic regulations and obligations to provide evidence. However, "it must be possible to simply make the work in the office less bureaucratic so that there is more time for work in the field and in the barn". Özdemir also noted that the bureaucracy that had grown over the years was not solely the fault of the current federal government.
The minister said that the federal government now wanted to work with the federal states to reduce the bureaucratic burden on farmers. He had asked the federal states to submit concrete proposals for less bureaucracy in February. In his opinion, constantly referring to the next higher level is not a solution.
