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Supply chains: Why Habeck’s considerations have a ‘disturbing’ effect on companies

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Published: June 10th, 2024,
Last updated: July 17th, 2024

Robert Habeck (Greens) and Olaf Scholz (SPD) (during Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Berlin): The Greens, of all parties, want to suspend sustainability laws.
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The considerations of German Economy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) of suspending the German Supply Chain Act (LkSG) have caused controversy. While Habeck’s proposal has received approval from the coalition partner the Free Democratic Party (FDP), business consultants and legal experts consider the idea „disturbing.“ Last week, Habeck brought up the possibility of suspending the German Supply Chain Act for two years until its EU counterpart comes into force Europe-wide. The aim is to relieve companies of bureaucracy.

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