Political Principles of the ZDH

The ZDH advocates for competitive and SME-friendly conditions that provide small and medium-sized craft businesses the freedom to unlock their potential as employers and trainers. Monitoring political decisions critically and standing up for the interests of our sector is the contribution of the skilled crafts industry to a functioning, pluralistic society. In this spirit, the ZDH calls on policymakers to improve the conditions for business locations, provide affordable energy, ensure planning security, reduce the tax and social security burden, and significantly cut red tape – all to enable the feasible implementation of upcoming transformations in our country and to drive sustainable reforms. After all, competitiveness equals future viability. The skilled crafts sector brings together people from diverse backgrounds, religions, and worldviews as entrepreneurs, employees, or apprentices. They are all part of the skilled crafts family and deserve respect and appreciation. The ZDH firmly opposes any form of hate and racism, standing by the principle that what matters is not where you come from, but what you contribute to this country.

A key focus of the ZDH’s advocacy is education policy. Its aim is an educational shift that guarantees the equivalence of vocational and academic education, both materially and in terms of societal value. After all, the apprentices of today are the modernisation and transformation specialists of tomorrow, the future Meister – ready to take over businesses in the years to come.