Strengthen the EU single market, cut EU rules
The CDU wants to strengthen the European single market and deepen integration where it sees fit, for example in the defense industry and internal security. At the same time, EU rules in areas such as data protection and environmental law are to be cut back. Cohesion funds are to remain managed at the regional level.
The CDU wants to help shape the EU. Berlin trades a lot with other EU countries. The EU should work together more on security. But companies should face fewer EU rules. EU funding should still be handed out in Berlin.
The reasoning is that a large share of Berlin's foreign trade is with EU countries. The CDU supports talks on the EU's next Multiannual Financial Framework. However, regions and states are to keep a say in funding policy and continue managing cohesion funds locally. The central funding office in the Senate Chancellery is to be expanded, also to make greater use of programs like Creative Europe, Erasmus+ and ERDF for culture.
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„Zugleich unterstützen wir den Abbau bürokratischer Vorschriften wie beim Datenschutz oder Umweltrecht, um die hiesigen Unternehmen vor unnötiger Bürokratie zu entlasten.“Translation: At the same time, we support cutting bureaucratic regulations, such as in data protection or environmental law, to relieve local businesses of unnecessary red tape.
Placement
- Economyleaning more market
Cutting rules in data protection and environmental law gradually reduces the regulatory burden on companies.
- Europebalanced
More integration in defense and security is paired with fewer EU rules and regional management of funds.