Roofing trade commits to Europe and calls for more bureaucracy reduction

The ZVDH underscores the importance of Europe for the German economy and the skilled trades sector. It calls for a growth-friendly environment and appropriate framework conditions for skilled trades businesses in the coming legislative period.

This article is part of the special topic Bureaucratic madness in the craft industry

The Central Association of the German Roofing Trade (ZVDH) calls for European elections The association emphasizes the importance of Europe for the skilled trades and vice versa of the skilled trades for Europe. "The German economy, and thus also the skilled trades, needs a strong and united Europe. Especially in times of war and disintegration, it is all the more important to stand together and to show unity to the outside world," explains ZVDH General Manager Ulrich Marx.

Ulrich Marx Photo: © ZVDH

This does not mean that the craft industry cannot be critical. "On the contrary: We must remain critical and Bring demands to BrusselsBut under the pretext that Europe to make things better together. Only in this way can we preserve our freedom, our prosperity and our democracy," said Marx. President Dirk Bollwerk demands above all reducing bureaucracy as well as a growth-friendly environment in Europe. He underlines the importance suitable framework conditions for the craft industryto be successful.

Lack of succession endangers businesses

"More and more paperwork, incomprehensible guidelines and regulations and complicated approval procedures are contributing to the fact that master students no longer have the desire to start up businesses or take one over. This is fatal, because more and more businesses are being abandoned"Because there is no successor," says Bollwerk. Renovating buildings to be more energy efficient, ensuring waterproof roofs, and contributing to the expansion of solar energy are the important tasks of our time.

Dirk Bollwerk Photo: © ZVDH / Giulio Coscia

"What we don't want is to fill out forms every evening, torment ourselves through incomprehensible bureaucratic German and despair about the sense of some regulations." If the skilled trades are to help shape the climate transition, the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises are also taken into account, for example through strict application of the Think Small First principle, demands Bollwerk. "Europe can only survive together with the skilled trades. Therefore, June 9th is also the time for roofers to make a mark."

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