The EU supply chain law has sparked a lot of discussion in recent months. After the FDP spoke out against the law, it has now been approved by most EU countries. A setback for the liberals, but Christian Dürr continued to firmly support his party's veto of “Markus Lanz”. He made it clear: “There has to be a party in Germany that says: 'We have enough bureaucracy. We don't need more and more.'” When the ZDF presenter asked why an agreement could not be reached, Dürr made it clear that the law had already been weakened.

According to the leader of the FDP parliamentary group, it was “at least possible to eliminate the greatest amount of madness (…)” and raise “certain thresholds”, “but it was not enough for us.” Dürr then cited “additional bureaucracy” as the reason for the FDP's veto. Markus Lanz responded: “But this definitive veto is always given by you when everything is on the table.”

In this context, the moderator commented that liberals are now “completely embarrassed and on the sidelines.” Ulrike Herrmann, economic affairs editor at “taz,” scoffed: “In all of Europe, the only one who knows anything is the FDP.” Lanz then asked if Dürr secretly wanted “the big bang” to get more “media attention” for his party. To generate. An accusation that Dürr rejected: “You are always right, but not now.” Markus Lanz reacted with a laugh: “It would be strange if normally I was always right and today, for the first time, I was wrong.”

“Liberals act as if they are the only ones who know how the economy works”

Although Christian Dürr repeatedly tried to explain the FDP's blockade on the supply chain law, journalist Ulrike Herrmann reacted angrily, saying: “The liberals act as if only they know how the economy works.” She responded forcefully: “That's a bit cheap, I say that quite frankly – (…) not to deal with the issue in detail, but just to work on the headlines.” However, the journalist quickly responded: “It is totally cheap to assume that I don't know any details.”

While the journalist and the politician bravely argued about the law, Patrick Zahn, CEO of the textile discount store KiK, made it clear: “In principle we support the law on the supply chain.” According to Zahn, the textile industry is “well prepared for it” and “the effort” is worth it. The law implies is generally feasible, even if “the administration itself” generates costs. However, Patrick Zahn warned that the burden of trial involved in the supply chain law could cause significant problems. “I imagine at some point we will be overwhelmed with lawsuits, and that means immense litigation risks for us. That's why this supply chain law represents a risk absolute for us,” the KiK general director stated worriedly.

The general director of KiK raises the alarm: “It is a huge disaster what is happening there!”

When Markus Lanz then wanted to know if the manager did not know “down to the last detail” where the various components of his products come from, Patrick Zahn admitted: “We do not buy our cotton ourselves, we order from our suppliers.” According to Zahn, “the last fiber (…) will not be able to be detected. That will not be possible.” However, the manager assured at the same time: “We strictly adhere to the current laws.”

China's textile discounters' competitors, on the other hand, are less strict. “What's going on now?” Lanz asked with interest. KiK CEO Patrick Zahn explained with dismay: “400,000 packages from Chinese Internet providers arrive in Germany every day.” However, according to Zahn, these packages “are not monitored” and suppliers do not respect supply chain regulations and laws. According to Patrick Zahn, this means that around 70 percent of Chinese goods are “contaminated.” The CEO continued furiously: “It's a huge disaster what's happening there! (…) Nobody cares and that scares me.”

The original of this article “Poison arrows fly towards Lanz due to FDP blockade” comes from Teleschau.