News Summary

• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany do not complain.
• They adapt to external circumstances and are successful with their products against all odds.
• Since September 2024, we have observed declining sales in SMEs.
• The increase in the minimum wage that has already been decided is likely to exacerbate this situation for small and micro-enterprises.
• Without relief and incentives, the existence of many SMEs is increasingly at risk.
• Above all, we need to reduce bureaucracy and implement a bureaucracy moratorium.