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Cutting Red Tape – But How? New Economy Short Cut with Patrick Bernau, Georg Diez and Johanna Sieben
Bureaucracy was once considered a great achievement – today it’s under constant fire. What is truly unnecessary, and what remains essential? These are the questions we will discuss in our New Economy Short Cut with Patrick Bernau, Georg Diez, and Johanna Sieben.
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FORUM NEW ECONOMYPUBLISHED
17. OCTOBER 2025
When people hear the word “bureaucracy”, they think of Leitz folders, lengthy planning approval procedures, and an appointment at the citizens’ office that’s two months away. Yet administration was once an achievement: it implements political decisions, organizes public life – and protects against arbitrariness. So what makes sense when calls to cut red tape have been heard for years? What is unnecessary, what is not? And aren’t Germans themselves the ones who want rules and are quick to go to court?
Cutting red tape — but how? – What kind of administration do we need
with
Patrick Bernau, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and author of the book “Bürokratische Republik Deutschland”
Georg Diez, Fellow at ProjectTogether and the Max Planck Society
Johanna Sieben, Director of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival
on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 at 3:00 PM – via Zoom. Register here.