The family entrepreneurs
| The family entrepreneurs eV | |
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| purpose | Interest group |
| Chair: | Reinhold von Eben-Worlée |
| Establishment date: | 1949 |
| Number of members: | 6,000 (2017) |
| Seat : | Berlin |
| Website: | www.familienunternehmer.eu |
The Familienunternehmer eV (written in capital letters ), formerly the working group of self-employed entrepreneurs (ASU), is an interest group of German family entrepreneurs , which according to its own information represents 6,000 members. The association is based in Berlin , where the federal office is also located. Reinhold von Eben-Worlée, managing partner of EH Worlée & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, has been president of the association since 2017. The association is registered with the German Bundestag as an interest group .
history
The association was founded in 1949 under the name Arbeitsgemeinschaft Selbständiger Unternehmer (ASU) as a market economy-oriented association for family businesses. The aim of the founding members was to impart entrepreneurial knowledge to political decision-makers and to promote the economic development of Germany. In May 2007 the name was changed to Die Familienunternehmer - ASU . In May 2009 the association celebrated its 60th anniversary on the Petersberg near Bonn. Since September 2016, the association has been using the name Die Familienunternehmer without the addition ASU .
organization structure
The association is divided into 46 regional districts and 16 state areas. At the federal level, the members are involved in various commissions on company-relevant issues in the association's decision-making process. An intranet promotes the exchange between the members and the association's committees. It supports its members in corporate management through its own educational offers.
The members are owner-entrepreneurs. Requirements for membership are an annual turnover of one million euros and at least 10 employees as well as an entry in the commercial register. The association only includes family entrepreneurs through personal membership. In public statements and interviews, his previous President Patrick Adenauer clearly distinguished himself from companies run by employed managers.
The 6,000 members come from all industries. They employ around 2 million people and generate annual sales of around 460 billion euros (as of 2016). The association is a member of the European umbrella organization European Family Businesses (EFB). Until 2001, the business magazine was the association organ. The association includes family entrepreneurs from BMW , Merck and the Oetker Group .
The young entrepreneurs form the unincorporated subsidiary association, to which all members up to the age of 40 belong.
The association is a co-initiator of the Jena Alliance for the Renewal of the Social Market Economy .
Positions
According to the company, the political orientation is under the motto "Freedom, Property, Competition and Responsibility".
With regard to the labor market, the association speaks out against encroachments on entrepreneurial freedom, which would make it more difficult to create jobs. Instead, the association is calling for politicians to step up efforts to reduce bureaucracy and secure skilled workers. The association is also committed to continuing the integration of older people into the labor market. In cooperation with the Center for European Economic Research , the association presented an expert opinion in June 2014 that analyzes the effects of the labor market and social policy projects of the current federal government on the employment situation of older people.
A key requirement for social policy is to raise the retirement age.
In European policy, the association demands that the principle of risk and liability be observed. The association strictly rejects permanent transfer payments and the communitisation of national debts at European level.
The association stands up against higher taxes and contributions for employers and employees. For example, plans have been criticized to abolish the preferential treatment for family-run businesses with inheritance tax. In addition, the association speaks out against the inclusion of rent and lease costs in the trade tax and against the tax discrimination of equity versus debt. The demands also include the alleviation of the cold progression, the abolition of the solidarity surcharge and the restructuring of corporate tax law . The association is critical of political demands for the reintroduction of a wealth tax .
In March 2016 - and thus immediately before the upcoming state elections in Baden-Württemberg , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt - he warned against votes for the AfD party, which is considered right-wing populist . President Goebel justified it as follows: It “abuses the fears of many people in order [...] to expose our society's values to erosion. We don't just want [...] to watch. "
In 2017, the association campaigned against a transparency register . In the opinion of the association, neither journalists nor non-governmental organizations should have access to the register.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The family entrepreneur - portrait. (PDF) June 2017, accessed on March 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Die Familienunternehmer eV - Imprint; Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ↑ German Bundestag: Public list on the registration of associations and their representatives, as of February 16, 2018, p. 407 (No. 1188) (accessed on February 21, 2018).
- ↑ Federal Board of THE FAMILY BUSINESS. (No longer available online.) June 26, 2017, archived from the original on July 20, 2018 ; Retrieved June 26, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ lobby list. German Bundestag, accessed on June 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Overview of the state areas and regional districts of the association. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ↑ Overview of the association's commissions. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ↑ Think in terms of generations, not just until the end of the quarter . In: Nürnberger Zeitung , January 24, 2011
- ^ "Transparency register" file: How the business lobby changed the position of the federal government. parliamentwatch.de , February 6, 2019, accessed on February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Portrait on the association's website, section "History" . Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ↑ Association position in the area of reducing bureaucracy. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ↑ Association position in the area of securing skilled workers. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ↑ Expert opinion "The employment situation of older people in Germany" . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ↑ Researcher: Minimum wage could cost many older people jobs . In: FOCUS Online , June 4, 2014
- ↑ Economists consider plans completely irresponsible . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 5, 2014
- ↑ Union wants to defuse pension at 63 . In: Die Welt , March 31, 2014
- ↑ Publication: Europe - there is another way! A plea for the principle of liability . Retrieved October 30, 2014
- ↑ Family entrepreneurs are calling for the European treaties to be readjusted (Section 2) . In: FAZ , October 18, 2013
- ^ Dangerous economic shock . In: Handelsblatt , October 21, 2013
- ↑ SMEs save 10 billion euros in inheritance tax . In: FAZ , July 4, 2014
- ^ Karlsruhe with doubts about tax advantages for company heirs . In: Die Welt , July 8, 2014
- ↑ Publication: Expert opinion on trade tax (pages 44-45) . Retrieved November 3, 2014
- ↑ Press release: Family entrepreneur : CDU must not embody the cold heart of cold progression ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 3, 2014
- ↑ Association chairman wants to abolish the solos immediately . In: impulse , May 24, 2011
- ↑ Press release: Family entrepreneur: More equity means more for innovation than any subsidy! . Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ↑ Family entrepreneur: Red-green wealth tax "cross-dangerous" . In: Focus Online, April 25, 2013. Accessed April 3, 2017.
- ↑ RP ONLINE: State elections: Family entrepreneurs warn against voting for the AfD. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Fight against corruption: This is how family businesses lobbied against open registers. In: FragDenStaat . February 5, 2019, accessed July 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Christian Endt, Hannes Munzinger, Frederik Obermaier, Vanessa Wormer: The owner remains a secret. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
