Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the 'AgoraEU' programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818

21 Nov 2025

Meeting with Hubert Gambs (Deputy Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and 2 other interest representatives

13 Nov 2025 · Discussion on European affairs, in particular on SME policies, simplification and burden reduction and global trade.

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament) and 2 other interest representatives

13 Nov 2025 · Competitiveness

Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

4 Nov 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Max Uebe (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu)

30 Oct 2025 · Exchange on the Work Programme of the Commission

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Oct 2025 · Ethanol

Meeting with Irena Moozova (Deputy Director-General Justice and Consumers) and 1 other attendee

24 Oct 2025 · Pay Transparency Directive

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Oct 2025 · Ongoing and upcoming EMPL related legislation

Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification

14 Oct 2025

Meeting with Maxi Espeter (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen) and 2 other interest representatives

14 Oct 2025 · Mutual introduction and exchange on CAP proposal

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2025 · EU Employment Policy

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

1 Oct 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2025 · EU Employment Policy

Response to Commission Communication: an Action Plan for whistleblower protection to strengthen freedom of expression, accountability and the fight against corruption

18 Sept 2025

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures

1 Aug 2025

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030

1 Aug 2025

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Quality Jobs Roadmap

28 Jul 2025

Response to Commission recommendation on auto-enrolment, pension tracking systems and pension dashboards

21 Jul 2025

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 4 other interest representatives

14 Jul 2025 · Treffen der Spitzenverbände der deutschen Wirtschaft

Meeting with Ralph Schmitt-Nilson (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

26 Jun 2025 · Single Market Strategy

Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)

28 May 2025 · Omnibus, Kennlerngespräch

Meeting with Triinu Volmer (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu)

30 Apr 2025 · Meeting on proposals on further omnibus packages

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2025 · EU Employment Policy

Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

12 Mar 2025 · e-Declaration for the posting of workers

Response to Evaluation of Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concessions contracts, Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement, and Directive 2014/25/EU on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors

5 Mar 2025

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

5 Mar 2025 · Competitiveness of the European industry

Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu), Annukka Ojala (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu), Max Uebe (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu)

6 Feb 2025 · Exchange on social dialogue and priorities

Meeting with Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

6 Feb 2025 · Introduction, simplification, competitiveness

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

22 Jan 2025

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2024 · EU Social and Employment Policy

Meeting with Ursula von der Leyen (President)

30 Oct 2024 · Meeting with Chief Executive of BDA (Topic: Competitiveness and Single Market)

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Mar 2024 · Austausch zu Beschäftigungspolitischen Themen

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and 21 other interest representatives

23 Feb 2024 · Aktuelle Themen in der Europapolitik und Sachsen

Meeting with Abir Al-Sahlani (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

14 Feb 2024 · EU Talent Pool

Meeting with Marianne Vind (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Danish Trade Union Confederation EU Office

9 Feb 2024 · EU Talent Pool

Response to Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council

8 Feb 2024

Response to 2024 Evaluation of the European Labour Authority

4 Jan 2024

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and 2 other interest representatives

30 Nov 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Response to Administrative burden

24 Nov 2023

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustments of the size criteria for micro, small, medium-sized and large undertakings or groups

6 Oct 2023

Response to Commission Recommendation on the recognition of qualifications of third country nationals

27 Sept 2023

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Sept 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Response to Ex-post evaluation of Council Regulation (EU) 2020/672 of 19 May 2020 on the establishment of a European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) following the COVID-19 outbreak

19 Jul 2023

Meeting with Sara Skyttedal (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Jul 2023 · European competitiveness

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and 1 other attendee

18 Jul 2023 · Exchange views on how to improve skills in the EU and attract talents

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Jul 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards

7 Jul 2023

Meeting with Henrike Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 2 other interest representatives

28 Jun 2023 · Climate-neutral Europe and competitive SMEs

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

17 May 2023 · Entwicklungen zur 883

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament)

4 May 2023 · General development EMPL (meeting held by parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and 27 other interest representatives

16 Mar 2023 · CMRD6

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

1 Mar 2023 · BDA wants to present their views on 30 years EU Single Market, Forced Labour Ban Proposal and the future EU competitiveness.

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

22 Feb 2023 · social dialogue, European year of skills, regulatory breathing space for the EU, European Works Council initiative by the EP, EC Communication on the digitalisation of social security systems

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and 2 other attendees

7 Feb 2023 · CSRD

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2023 · Legal Migration Package (Staff-Level)

Meeting with Carsten Schierenbeck (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

15 Dec 2022 · Better Regulation

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

28 Nov 2022

Response to Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a European Year of Skills 2023

28 Nov 2022

Response to Proposal for a Council Recommendation on improving the provision of digital skills in education and training

5 Sept 2022

Response to Proposal for a Council Recommendation on the enabling factors for successful digital education

5 Sept 2022

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

22 Jun 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Reporting Direct non-financial reporting standards sustainable finance

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on effectively banning the making available on the Single market of products produced, extracted or harvested with forced labour

20 Jun 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937

19 May 2022

Response to Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on adequate minimum income schemes in the EU

1 Apr 2022

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Mar 2022 · Due Diligence

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Mar 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Ursula von der Leyen (President)

29 Mar 2022 · Meeting with BDA President and BDA CEO

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Feb 2022 · Lohntransparenzrichtlinie

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Social Climate Fund

18 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a Council Recommendation on addressing social and labour aspects of the just transition towards climate neutrality

15 Nov 2021

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

27 Oct 2021 · entrepreneurial skills

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

4 Oct 2021 · Minimum Wage, Social Dialog, Platform Work, Labour market developments

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS

28 Jul 2021

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

10 Jun 2021 · sustainable corporate governance

Response to Collective bargaining agreements for self-employed – scope of application of article 101 TFEU

5 Feb 2021

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

20 Jan 2021 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

8 Jan 2021 · Commission priorities

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and 7 other attendees

1 Dec 2020 · Exchange of views on minimum wages and the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Meeting with Dennis Radtke (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

12 Nov 2020 · European Works Councils Directive

Meeting with Andrea Nahles (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit) and Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

11 Nov 2020 · Social dialogue

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

26 Oct 2020 · minimum wage initiative

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 Oct 2020 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and 10 other attendees

2 Mar 2020 · Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations

Response to Commission Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on a Strategy for gender equality 2020-2024

11 Feb 2020

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and 4 other attendees

4 Feb 2020 · Social agenda

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)

4 Feb 2020 · EU Trade Agenda, future relationship with the UK, EU FTAs, US, China

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)

4 Feb 2020 · European Pillar of Social Rights; Social Dialogue; European unemployment benefit reinsurance scheme; Platform workers; European Semester and Sustainable Development Goals

Response to Proposal for a Directive on strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay between men and women through pay transparency measures

30 Jan 2020

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

14 Nov 2019 · Meeting to discuss the initiatives in the competence of DG EMPL which President-elect von der Leyen proposed in her political guidelines and addressed in her mission letter to Commissioner-designate Schmit.

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom) and 2 other interest representatives

23 Sept 2019 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

5 Sept 2019 · Future outlook for the next Commission

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

20 Mar 2019 · Social Affairs

Response to Communication on More efficient law-making in social policy: identification of areas for an enhanced move to qualified majority voting

16 Jan 2019

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and 1 other attendee

27 Nov 2018 · Social dialogue and decision making in particular in the social area

Response to Commission Staff Working Document reporting on the Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning

12 Nov 2018

Meeting with Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

24 May 2018 · European Labour Authority, Posting of Workers, Transparent and predictable working conditions

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner), Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

24 May 2018 · Social Affairs

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

23 Jan 2018 · Social fairness package

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom)

29 Nov 2017 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

21 Nov 2017 · introductory meeting

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

7 Nov 2017 · Exchange of views on the current revision of the Blue Card directive

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger) and 6 other interest representatives

30 Jun 2017 · Reflection paper

Meeting with Johannes Laitenberger (Director-General Competition)

26 Jun 2017 · European affairs

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

26 Jun 2017 · Informal Dinner Discussion on Legal Migration/Integration

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

5 Apr 2017 · current EU policies

Response to Communication on the Working Time Directive (Directive 2003/88/EC) - Legal Guidance and implementation report

27 Mar 2017

Meeting with Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

9 Feb 2017 · European Pillar of Social Rights

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

12 Jul 2016 · competitiveness, social affairs, digital agenda

Meeting with Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

12 Jul 2016 · Competitiveness, social affairs, digital agenda

Meeting with Walter Deffaa (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy)

30 Jun 2016 · Zukunft der Kohäsionspolitik

Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva) and 7 other interest representatives

16 Jun 2016 · MFF Mid-term review

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

7 Jun 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

5 Apr 2016 · Informal Discussion on Integration

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.

2 Mar 2016 · Tax Avoidance Package

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

16 Feb 2016 · Gender equality & diversity at workplace

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

9 Dec 2015 · Dinner Discussion on Greek Structural Reform, the Refugee Crisis and the British Referendum

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

26 Nov 2015 · Completing EMU

Meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker (President)

13 Jul 2015 · The European social dialogue

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

19 May 2015 · Social dialogue

Meeting with Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

18 May 2015 · Social dialogue

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and 1 other attendee

22 Apr 2015 · European Semester - country analysis Germany

Meeting with Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner) and Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

28 Jan 2015 · Social and employment priorities of the new European Commission

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

14 Jan 2015 · Legal Migration, Labour/Economic Migration

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

4 Dec 2014 · Digital Agenda

Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.

3 Dec 2014 · TTIP; expectations from the German economy