{"id":1877567,"date":"2026-04-11T14:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1877567"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:45:53","slug":"german-foreign-medical-worker-program-mired-in-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1877567","title":{"rendered":"German foreign medical worker program mired in bureaucracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A survey published\u00a0Saturday said two-thirds of Germans\u00a0believe\u00a0unnecessary bureaucracy<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0remained the same since the current government took office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some said administrative burdens\u00a0were\u00a0even worse, despite a promise made last year by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s incoming government<\/a>\u00a0to slash red tape.<\/p>\n

The coalition of Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD)\u00a0agreed to “a comprehensive rollback of bureaucracy” in its agreement last April.<\/p>\n

What did the survey say?<\/h2>\n

The poll, conducted\u00a0by YouGov found 66% of citizens said administrative burdens had remained the same since the current government took office, while 22% reported an increase.<\/p>\n

Businesses reported limited improvement.\u00a0Only 4% believed bureaucracy<\/a> had decreased, with 8% unsure in the poll conducted for the European Center for Digital Competitiveness at the ESCP Business School in Berlin.<\/p>\n

Among managers surveyed, 63% said bureaucracy had stayed the same, while 31% saw it increase and just 4% reported a decline. About half said they had delayed or canceled projects in the past year due to slow or complex administrative processes.<\/p>\n

Respondents said the greatest need for digital improvement is in healthcare and local administrative offices, followed by tax services and construction approvals.<\/p>\n

“People don’t want more announcements; they want the state to finally just work,” said Philip Meissner, founder of the Center for Digital Competitiveness at ESCP.<\/p>\n

The center’s co-founder Klaus Schweinsberg said the survey results showed that the Merz had “clearly failed” on the core issues for competitiveness: digitization and cutting bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez<\/em><\/p>\n

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German foreign medical worker program mired in bureaucracy<\/h2>\n

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A survey published\u00a0Saturday said two-thirds of Germans\u00a0believe\u00a0unnecessary bureaucracy<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0remained the same since the current government took office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some said administrative burdens\u00a0were\u00a0even worse, despite a promise made last year by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s incoming government<\/a>\u00a0to slash red tape.<\/p>\n

The coalition of Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD)\u00a0agreed to “a comprehensive rollback of bureaucracy” in its agreement last April.<\/p>\n

What did the survey say?<\/h2>\n

The poll, conducted\u00a0by YouGov found 66% of citizens said administrative burdens had remained the same since the current government took office, while 22% reported an increase.<\/p>\n

Businesses reported limited improvement.\u00a0Only 4% believed bureaucracy<\/a> had decreased, with 8% unsure in the poll conducted for the European Center for Digital Competitiveness at the ESCP Business School in Berlin.<\/p>\n

Among managers surveyed, 63% said bureaucracy had stayed the same, while 31% saw it increase and just 4% reported a decline. About half said they had delayed or canceled projects in the past year due to slow or complex administrative processes.<\/p>\n

Respondents said the greatest need for digital improvement is in healthcare and local administrative offices, followed by tax services and construction approvals.<\/p>\n

“People don’t want more announcements; they want the state to finally just work,” said Philip Meissner, founder of the Center for Digital Competitiveness at ESCP.<\/p>\n

The center’s co-founder Klaus Schweinsberg said the survey results showed that the Merz had “clearly failed” on the core issues for competitiveness: digitization and cutting bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez<\/em><\/p>\n

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German foreign medical worker program mired in bureaucracy<\/h2>\n

A survey published\u00a0Saturday said two-thirds of Germans\u00a0believe\u00a0unnecessary bureaucracy<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0remained the same since the current government took office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some said administrative burdens\u00a0were\u00a0even worse, despite a promise made last year by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s incoming government<\/a>\u00a0to slash red tape.<\/p>\n

The coalition of Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD)\u00a0agreed to “a comprehensive rollback of bureaucracy” in its agreement last April.<\/p>\n

The poll, conducted\u00a0by YouGov found 66% of citizens said administrative burdens had remained the same since the current government took office, while 22% reported an increase.<\/p>\n

Businesses reported limited improvement.\u00a0Only 4% believed bureaucracy<\/a> had decreased, with 8% unsure in the poll conducted for the European Center for Digital Competitiveness at the ESCP Business School in Berlin.<\/p>\n

Among managers surveyed, 63% said bureaucracy had stayed the same, while 31% saw it increase and just 4% reported a decline. About half said they had delayed or canceled projects in the past year due to slow or complex administrative processes.<\/p>\n

Respondents said the greatest need for digital improvement is in healthcare and local administrative offices, followed by tax services and construction approvals.<\/p>\n

“People don’t want more announcements; they want the state to finally just work,” said Philip Meissner, founder of the Center for Digital Competitiveness at ESCP.<\/p>\n

The center’s co-founder Klaus Schweinsberg said the survey results showed that the Merz had “clearly failed” on the core issues for competitiveness: digitization and cutting bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez<\/em><\/p>\n

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