SME Union
The Mittelstands-Union (MU) is the working group of medium-sized entrepreneurs within the CSU . The state chairman is the former Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Franz Pschierer .
The Mittelstands-Union used to work under the name Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mittelstand .
aims
The Mittelstands-Union represents the concerns of the economy within the CSU. Her focus is on medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs, including tradespeople as well as freelance workers and leading personalities in the economy . Her area of activity also represents the interests of homeowners . It should contribute to realizing a free economic and social order in accordance with the idea of the social market economy on the basis of personal initiative and personal responsibility.
The Mittelstands-Union informs and advises the parliaments and their parliamentary groups , specialist committees and authorities on the concerns of the SME sector. In addition, it should represent the ideas of the CSU in the sphere of activity of the SME Union, advertise the goals of the Union and work on the solution of all the SME issues.
structure
The regional association has ten districts (these have district associations) and seven specialist committees. The Mittelstands-Union is a regional association of the Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion as a joint organization of the CDU / CSU. The European umbrella organization is SME Europe .
Significant members
- Manfred Weber - MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament , EPP top candidate for the 2019 European elections
- Hans Michelbach - Member of the Bundestag, former state chairman
- Markus Söder - Member of the State Parliament, Bavarian Prime Minister
- Ilse Aigner - Member of the State Parliament, President of the State Parliament, former Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs
- Peter Ramsauer - Member of the Bundestag, former Federal Minister of Transport and Deputy CSU Chairman
- Joachim Herrmann - Member of the Bundestag, Bavarian State Minister
- Ernst Hinsken - Member of the Bundestag, former MU state chairman
- Michael Glos - Member of the Bundestag, former Federal Minister for Economics and Technology