Our Objectives

An Attractive Germany
We need less bureaucracy, government intervention and regulation, and more self responsibility, competition and individual freedom: This is the only way Germany can regain its leading position as an international competitor in terms of innovation, investment, growth and employment until 2010. This is why the BDI is committed to the modernisation of our country. The BDI believes in the spirit of entrepreneurship and  market economy. "Venturing freedom - casting off shackles" is our motto for enterprises and citizens alike.

The Social Market Economy
The BDI is firmly committed to the political model of the social market economy founded by Ludwig Erhard. This means the BDI is committed to greater individual freedom, individuality, entrepreneurship and social balance. This also means being the conscience of good economic governance. The social market economy must be re-established as the yardstick for economic policy in Germany.

Strengthen Germany as an industrial country
Germany is and will remain an industrial country. In no other of the world's leading industrial nations does industry contribute more to creating value added. Together with service-oriented industry-related service providers, industry is our national economy's growth core. Industry provided the key impetus for the last upswing. It will create both value added and jobs in the coming upswing too.