Strengthen consumer protection and the consumer advice center
The Greens want to fund the Verbraucherzentrale (consumer advice center) well, strengthen class actions and improve digital consumer protection. This includes a Bundesrat initiative that would also regulate online marketplaces such as Temu or Shein more strictly.
The Greens want to protect shoppers better. The consumer advice center should get enough money. It helps people who have problems with companies. Online sellers like Temu or Shein should face stricter rules.
The Center for European Consumer Protection in Kehl is also to get more money. A new concept for consumer education is to be drawn up with everyone involved, independent of business interests and led by the responsible ministry. The Bundesrat initiative is meant to close legal gaps identified by the EU Commission's digital fairness check. Outreach consumer work in neighborhoods is to continue; linking it to the "Quartier 2030" program is being examined.
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„Wir starten eine Bundesratsinitiative zur Umsetzung der zentralen Ergebnisse des digitalen Fairnesschecks.“Translation: We will launch a Bundesrat initiative to implement the key findings of the digital fairness check.
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- Economyleaning more state
Stricter rules for online markets and more public funds for consumer advice mean more regulation.