Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.
ZDH
The German Confederation of Skilled Crafts represents 53 chambers, 40 trade associations and related institutions, advocating for craft businesses to German and EU authorities.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Anna Banczyk (Head of Unit Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer and Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V.
14 Jan 2026 · The meeting aimed at discussing various aspects of the VET strategy, based on the joint position paper on VET prepared by above mentioned German employers’ organisations.
Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V. and
26 Nov 2025 · EUDR (Stakeholder Exchange)
Meeting with Steven Engels (Head of Unit Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
19 Nov 2025 · Skills Portability Initiative and EU Academies review
German Crafts Federation calls for SME-friendly circular economy rules
Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer
4 Nov 2025 · EU Wirtschaftspolitik
Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer
3 Nov 2025 · Wirtschaftspolitischer Empfang
Meeting with Hubert Gambs (Deputy Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
3 Nov 2025 · The state of European affairs, with a particular focus on the Single Market and bureaucracy reduction.
German Crafts Federation Calls for AI Clarity While Defending Data Act
Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Deputy Secretary-General Secretariat-General)
14 Oct 2025 · Competitiveness, simplification
German Crafts Federation Calls for Simplified EU State Aid Rules
German crafts sector urges SME-friendly digital product rules
German crafts urge longer digital transitions for small businesses
German craft industry urges SME-focused AI funding and sandboxes
German crafts body demands SME data cap in finance rules
German craft industry seeks exemptions from EU deforestation rules
Meeting with Anne Katherina Weidenbach (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen), Kamil Talbi (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)
6 May 2025 · Crafts, competitiveness
Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)
16 Apr 2025 · VSME standard and Sustainability Omnibus
Meeting with Alexandra Hild (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)
31 Mar 2025 · Exchange on skilled crafts and their consideration in EU legislation
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Mar 2025 · Industriepolitik, Mittelstand, KMUs
Meeting with Monika Hohlmeier (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Mar 2025 · Umsetzung des Green Deals, Omnibus-Verordnung , Binnenmarktstrategie,Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Unternehmen
Meeting with Stefan Moser (Head of Unit Energy)
19 Mar 2025 · The European Affordable Housing Plan and the role of skilled crafts and small businesses
Meeting with Christian Doleschal (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Zentralverband Deutsches Baugewerbe
12 Mar 2025 · Revision der Vergaberichtlinien
Meeting with Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
11 Mar 2025 · SME Policy
German craft sector demands SME priority in procurement reform
Meeting with Klaus Berend (Director Health and Food Safety)
20 Feb 2025 · State of play and envisaged action for certain DG SANTE food files.
Meeting with Maxi Espeter (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)
19 Feb 2025 · Mutual introduction and exchange on challenges the craft and artisanal food sector is facing
Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutscher Bauernverband and
19 Feb 2025 · Politischer Austausch
German crafts group urges SME-focused EU Single Market Strategy
Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Jan 2025 · Priorities for the mandate
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Nov 2024 · Climate and Environment Policy
German Crafts Association Slams Expansion of EU Fuel Database
Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament) and EuropaBio
5 Nov 2024 · Politischer Austausch
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Oct 2024 · Mittelstand / Handwerk
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Oct 2024 · Exchange on current EU policy topics/Austausch zu aktuellen europapolitischen Themen mit einer Besuchergruppe von Junghandwerkern
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Oct 2024 · Exchange with Youth Chapter on current political topics
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Oct 2024 · Klimapolitik
Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Sept 2024 · Gesundheitshandwerke
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)
6 Sept 2024 · competitiveness of Industry and SMEs
Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and
5 Mar 2024 · socio economic situation
Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and
5 Mar 2024 · Exchange with economic associations
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and BUSINESSEUROPE and
21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation
German Crafts Association Demands Deeper Cuts to EU Bureaucracy
Meeting with Thomas Rudner (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer
13 Nov 2023 · Parlamentarischer Abend: Allgemeiner Austausch
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
25 Oct 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
21 Sept 2023 · Interview/Live Gespräch zu Right to Repair
Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)
5 Jul 2023 · Meeting on the influence of the Net-Zero Industry Academies on Vocational Education and Training and Learning mobility.
German Crafts Sector Urges Delay in Sustainability Reporting Rules
German craft industry urges simpler EU Taxonomy for SMEs
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
27 Apr 2023 · European Year of Skills, promotion of Vocational Education and Training, apprenticeships and dual education, as well as employment in skilled crafts sector
Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
21 Apr 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Mar 2023 · Austausch zum EU-Lieferkettengesetz
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and
8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)
24 Jan 2023 · Corporate Sustainability due diligence
Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Oct 2022 · Exchange of Views
German craft businesses demand fair access to repair data
Response to Protection of workers from risks related to exposure to asbestos at work
22 Mar 2022
Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
23 Sept 2021 · SMEs, Sustainable Corporate Governance, data access and standardisation
Response to Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU
22 Mar 2021
Response to Environmental claims based on environmental footprint methods
31 Aug 2020
Response to Fast-track interservice consultation on the 'SEIP including a JTM and the JTF"
12 Mar 2020
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and
6 Mar 2020 · Industrial Strategy, SMEs strategy, Social Dialogue and Pillar of Social Rights, European Semester
Meeting with Frauke Hoss (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
28 Jan 2020 · 'One in, One out' approach
Response to European Partnership for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises
27 Aug 2019
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
14 Mar 2019 · SMEs
Response to Prolongation of the legal framework applicable to de minimis State Aid
1 Mar 2019
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
25 Jun 2018 · Future of Europe
Response to Stocktaking of the Commission's 'better regulation' approach
29 May 2018
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)
17 Jan 2018 · SMEs and Circular Economy
Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)
3 Oct 2017 · Digital matters
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
27 Sept 2017 · services card
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
3 Aug 2017 · digitalization of SMEs in traditional sectors of economy, skills agenda, SME Assembly
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
28 Jul 2017 · SMEs, digitalisation, Services Package
Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer
5 Jul 2017 · Regionalpolitischer Dialog 2017
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and
30 Jun 2017 · Reflection paper
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
20 Jun 2017 · Discussion on Migration Management and Labour Market Entry of Refugees
Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
13 Jun 2017 · DSM general, digitalisation
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
10 May 2017 · services package
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
26 Apr 2017 · services package
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
24 Apr 2017 · Prep. Discussion with Social Partners (2nd European Dialogue on Skills and Migration)
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
28 Mar 2017 · services package
Meeting with Ruth Paserman (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
17 Jan 2017 · - Social protection for self employed - Implementation of skills agenda - Commission proposal of eservices card
Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer
1 Dec 2016 · Arbeiten der High-Level Gruppe zur Vereinfachung; Ausblick auf die Diskussionen um die neue Strukturfondsperiode; Auswirkungen des Brexit
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
30 Nov 2016 · SME
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
9 Nov 2016 · Initiatives on industrial sectoral co-operation on skills, SMS initiatives on services
Meeting with Michel Servoz (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
12 Oct 2016 · Posting of Workers, EU skills agenda, European pillar of social rights
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)
4 Oct 2016 · Digitising European Industry
Meeting with Rudolf Strohmeier (Director-General Publications Office)
22 Sept 2016 · Industry 4.0
Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and
16 Jun 2016 · MFF Mid-term review
Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
14 Jun 2016 · Skills, Vocational Education and Training
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)
6 Jun 2016 · Digitising European Industry
Meeting with Anne Bucher (Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board Regulatory Scrutiny Board)
1 Jun 2016 · REFIT platform
Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
7 Mar 2016 · DSM and SMEs
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)
11 Dec 2015 · DSM
Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
7 Dec 2015 · REFIT Programme
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
3 Dec 2015 · DSM
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
3 Dec 2015 · EDIS
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
2 Dec 2015 · Working Dinner on Refugee Crisis: Measures taken at EU level.
Meeting with Walter Deffaa (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy)
18 Nov 2015 · Regionalpolitischer Dialog
Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
29 Oct 2015 · Capital Markets Union
Meeting with Jakub Cebula (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
21 Oct 2015 · SME general
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)
20 Oct 2015 · DSM
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)
15 Oct 2015 · Circular Economy and SMEs
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
15 Oct 2015 · Refugee Policy
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and
28 Jul 2015 · how to strengthen the single market for SMEs
Meeting with Marianne Klingbeil (Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board Regulatory Scrutiny Board)
1 Jul 2015 · Better Regulation Package
Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
17 Jun 2015 · Better Regulation
Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
9 Jun 2015 · Energy efficiency
Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
22 Apr 2015 · Presentation
Meeting with Karolina Leib (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
16 Mar 2015 · Europäisches Semester
Meeting with Christine Mai (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
13 Mar 2015 · Youth policy
Meeting with Juergen Mueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)
11 Mar 2015 · EU environment policies
Meeting with Christine Mai (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
4 Mar 2015 · Youth policy
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
4 Mar 2015 · Single market strategy
Meeting with Reinhard Felke (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
2 Mar 2015 · Vertiefung der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion und Europäisches Semester
Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
18 Feb 2015 · Better Regulation
Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
16 Feb 2015 · Qualifications and vocational education
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
12 Feb 2015 · Industrial Policy
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
28 Jan 2015 · DSM
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Jakub Cebula (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
15 Dec 2014 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with Jakub Cebula (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
15 Dec 2014 · SME's
Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
11 Dec 2014 · Opening capital and financial markets to SMEs
Meeting with Richard Szostak (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
1 Dec 2014 · Trade