The small party Bündnis Deutschland is calling for a radical reduction in bureaucracy in Saxony. "Bureaucracy must be punished, the state must be hurt and citizens must be reimbursed for unnecessary expenses," party leader Steffen Große told the German Press Agency. His party wants new legislation to be limited in time and, if necessary, extended after a simple effectiveness test. For every new regulation, two old ones should be deleted.
According to Große, it has long been standard practice for the administration to calculate the compliance costs of new legislation. "This makes it clear what it costs to implement new administrative requirements and what local authorities, for example, can claim from the Minister of Finance as reimbursement for personnel and material costs. Citizens do not have this option and we want to give it to them."
The party chairman gave examples of the need to reduce bureaucracy. For example, in order to obtain a death certificate for a relative, you have to prove that the deceased was born beforehand. "You have to present a birth certificate and pay for it. That's completely crazy. This service must be free or fully tax-deductible. Why isn't it enough to present the deceased's ID?" asked his party's leading candidate for the state elections on September 1.
