IHK receives 300 guests in Kremmen: Reducing bureaucracy urgently challenged!

IHK receives 300 guests in Kremmen: Reducing bureaucracy urgently challenged!

Kremmen, Deutschland - In bright weather, the Kremmen asparagus yard turned into a shop window of the Brandenburg economy on July 4, 2025. Around 300 guests from business, politics and administration came at the annual reception of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Potsdam. The occasion not only offered an excellent opportunity for networking, but also to put important topics such as reducing bureaucracy and reform the public procurement law regulations.

In his opening speech, Brandenburg's Minister of Economic Affairs Daniel Keller (SPD) emphasized the need to reduce the bureaucratic hurdles for companies. The IHK has long been calling for more pace in bureaucracy reduction, in the sense of a more economic-friendly environment. Your President Ina Hänsel underlined the urgency of further relief, especially in building law, in order to improve the framework conditions for companies.

Reform of public procurement law as a central point

An impressive step in this direction is the increase in the threshold for tenders by public administrations - in future orders will only have to be advertised from 100,000 euros net, a significant increase compared to the previous value of 1,000 euros. This decision should not only purify the bureaucracy, but also strengthen regional companies, in particular smaller and medium -sized companies. This was supported, among other things, on the edge of the reception of participants such as Malte Voigt, the host of the asparagus, who is planning to build a new tent restaurant called "Stangenwirt".

The Mayor of Kremmen, Sebastian Busse, expressed his support for this investment and regretted the often protracted procedures caused by bureaucracy. The reforms aim to speed up approval processes and thus promote economic growth. "There is something," said Busse in relation to the upcoming changes in procurement law.

reduction in bureaucracy in the focus of politics

Already last year, on August 14, 2024, there was a top conversation in the Potsdam State Chancellery between the state government and representatives of the economy. Prime Minister Dr. Dietmar Woidke thanked for a catalog of suggestions for reducing bureaucracy and presented the idea of ​​a special committee to examine stressful laws and regulations. He emphasized that most of the regulations come from the federal government or the EU and therefore additional efforts are necessary.

A catalog for bureaucracy relief supported by the IHK Potsdam includes around 40 suggestions that enable digitization of procedures and the simplification of permits. On the one hand, these suggestions should make the administrative processes more efficient and on the other hand enable companies to concentrate faster on business.

In the sense of these efforts, it was also pointed out to advise the need to advance digitization in the offices. Here, many actors still see room for improvement, especially to improve the processes for commercial registrations and funding applications.

positive reactions from the economy

The reactions from the economy to the planned changes are mostly positive. Entrepreneurs such as master painter Sven Thielecke have already recognized advantages in the new regulation, especially the time saving in the creation of offers. However, there are also concerns that the new regulations could possibly have an impact on the protection of employee rights. The German Trade Union Confederation has expressed its worries.

It remains to be seen how quickly the new public procurement law regulations will come into force. However, the IHK Potsdam and other partners are optimistic and hope that the changes will come into force before the summer break in 2025. The course is set to make Brandenburg's corporate landscape future -proof and to promote economic growth.

It will remain exciting for everyone interested in how the upcoming legislative period implement the prescribed reforms and whether the promised relief will actually apply.

For more information you can report the reports from Brandenburg Ministry and RBB read.