Özdemir defends agricultural package and vows further efforts to reduce bureaucracy
Bureaucracy should ensure reliability, legal security and adherence to standards, the Minister continued. "But it should no longer be cumbersome, it should no longer be detached from practice, it should no longer hinder innovations." Work in the field should be encouraged, work at the desk should be reduced.
The relief package contains first measures for bureaucracy reduction, defended Özdemir the government's agreement. Farm President Joachim Rukwied had criticized the decided measures on Wednesday at the first day of the German Farmers' Day as "little" and too little.
Özdemir called for joint efforts: He had inherited a "full barrel" as a minister from previous governments - now common effort was needed to "empty this barrel".
From the attendees at the German Farmers' Day, the Green Minister received hardly any applause - traditionally, the Greens are not the preferred party among farmers and farmers' wives, as Özdemir admitted. In contrast, Brandenburg's government head Dietmar Woidke (SPD) received applause for his speech, while an alarm tone sounded after Özdemir's speech, a participant showed a red "No" card in the air.
Woidke had demanded more social appreciation for agriculture in his speech and announced a special committee in the Brandenburg state parliament to deal with bureaucracy reduction. The Farmers' Association had previously handed over a catalog with 55 proposals for bureaucracy reduction to the state government.
- Cem Özdemir, as the Federal Minister of Agriculture, advocated for reducing bureaucracy in his speech at the German Farmers' Day, stating that the relief package includes initial measures towards this goal.
- During the German Farmers' Day, Özdemir emphasized the need for joint efforts to address the challenges inherited from prior governments, including reducing bureaucracy in the agricultural sector.
- In his speech at Cottbus, Özdemir used the Agricultural package and the Relief package to illustrate his commitment to reducing bureaucracy, aiming to make work in the field more efficient and work at the desk less cumbersome.
- The discussion about bureaucracy reduction continued when Brandenburg's government head Dietmar Woidke (SPD) announced the formation of a special committee in the Brandenburg state parliament, as Farmers' Association had previously suggested 55 proposals for bureaucracy reduction.
