Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.

ZDH

Im Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Steven Engels (Head of Unit Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

19 Nov 2025 · Skills Portability Initiative and EU Academies review

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer

4 Nov 2025 · EU Wirtschaftspolitik

Meeting with Hubert Gambs (Deputy Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

3 Nov 2025 · The state of European affairs, with a particular focus on the Single Market and bureaucracy reduction.

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Deputy Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

14 Oct 2025 · Competitiveness, simplification

Meeting with Anne Katherina Weidenbach (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen), Kamil Talbi (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

6 May 2025 · Crafts, competitiveness

Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

16 Apr 2025 · VSME standard and Sustainability Omnibus

Meeting with Alexandra Hild (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)

31 Mar 2025 · Exchange on skilled crafts and their consideration in EU legislation

Meeting with Monika Hohlmeier (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2025 · Umsetzung des Green Deals, Omnibus-Verordnung , Binnenmarktstrategie,Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Unternehmen

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2025 · Industriepolitik, Mittelstand, KMUs

Meeting with Christian Doleschal (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Zentralverband Deutsches Baugewerbe

12 Mar 2025 · Revision der Vergaberichtlinien

Meeting with Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

11 Mar 2025 · SME Policy

Response to Savings and Investments Union

6 Mar 2025

Meeting with Klaus Berend (Director Health and Food Safety)

20 Feb 2025 · State of play and envisaged action for certain DG SANTE food files.

Meeting with Maxi Espeter (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)

19 Feb 2025 · Mutual introduction and exchange on challenges the craft and artisanal food sector is facing

Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament) and

19 Feb 2025 · Politischer Austausch

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jan 2025 · Priorities for the mandate

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Nov 2024 · Climate and Environment Policy

Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament) and EuropaBio

5 Nov 2024 · Politischer Austausch

Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Oct 2024 · Mittelstand / Handwerk

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Oct 2024 · Exchange with Youth Chapter on current political topics

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Oct 2024 · Exchange on current EU policy topics/Austausch zu aktuellen europapolitischen Themen mit einer Besuchergruppe von Junghandwerkern

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Oct 2024 · Klimapolitik

Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Gesundheitshandwerke

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

6 Sept 2024 · competitiveness of Industry and SMEs

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and

5 Mar 2024 · Exchange with economic associations

Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament) and

5 Mar 2024 · socio economic situation

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and

21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation

Response to Administrative burden

28 Nov 2023

Meeting with Thomas Rudner (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer

13 Nov 2023 · Parlamentarischer Abend: Allgemeiner Austausch

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

25 Oct 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

21 Sept 2023 · Interview/Live Gespräch zu Right to Repair

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

5 Jul 2023 · Meeting on the influence of the Net-Zero Industry Academies on Vocational Education and Training and Learning mobility.

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

27 Apr 2023 · European Year of Skills, promotion of Vocational Education and Training, apprenticeships and dual education, as well as employment in skilled crafts sector

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

21 Apr 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Mar 2023 · Austausch zum EU-Lieferkettengesetz

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

24 Jan 2023 · Corporate Sustainability due diligence

Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Oct 2022 · Exchange of Views

Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

23 Sept 2021 · SMEs, Sustainable Corporate Governance, data access and standardisation

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and

6 Mar 2020 · Industrial Strategy, SMEs strategy, Social Dialogue and Pillar of Social Rights, European Semester

Meeting with Frauke Hoss (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

28 Jan 2020 · 'One in, One out' approach

Response to Climate Law (Legislative proposal)

24 Jan 2020

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

14 Mar 2019 · SMEs

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

25 Jun 2018 · Future of Europe

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

17 Jan 2018 · SMEs and Circular Economy

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

3 Oct 2017 · Digital matters

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

27 Sept 2017 · services card

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

3 Aug 2017 · digitalization of SMEs in traditional sectors of economy, skills agenda, SME Assembly

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

28 Jul 2017 · SMEs, digitalisation, Services Package

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer

5 Jul 2017 · Regionalpolitischer Dialog 2017

Response to Revision of the EU SME Definition

3 Jul 2017

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger) and

30 Jun 2017 · Reflection paper

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

20 Jun 2017 · Discussion on Migration Management and Labour Market Entry of Refugees

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

13 Jun 2017 · DSM general, digitalisation

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

10 May 2017 · services package

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

26 Apr 2017 · services package

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

24 Apr 2017 · Prep. Discussion with Social Partners (2nd European Dialogue on Skills and Migration)

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

28 Mar 2017 · services package

Meeting with Ruth Paserman (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

17 Jan 2017 · - Social protection for self employed - Implementation of skills agenda - Commission proposal of eservices card

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy) and Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer

1 Dec 2016 · Arbeiten der High-Level Gruppe zur Vereinfachung; Ausblick auf die Diskussionen um die neue Strukturfondsperiode; Auswirkungen des Brexit

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

30 Nov 2016 · SME

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

9 Nov 2016 · Initiatives on industrial sectoral co-operation on skills, SMS initiatives on services

Meeting with Michel Servoz (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

12 Oct 2016 · Posting of Workers, EU skills agenda, European pillar of social rights

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

4 Oct 2016 · Digitising European Industry

Meeting with Rudolf Strohmeier (Director-General Publications Office)

22 Sept 2016 · Industry 4.0

Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva) and

16 Jun 2016 · MFF Mid-term review

Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

14 Jun 2016 · Skills, Vocational Education and Training

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

6 Jun 2016 · Digitising European Industry

Meeting with Anne Bucher (Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board Regulatory Scrutiny Board)

1 Jun 2016 · REFIT platform

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

7 Mar 2016 · DSM and SMEs

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

11 Dec 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Dec 2015 · REFIT Programme

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

3 Dec 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)

3 Dec 2015 · EDIS

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

2 Dec 2015 · Working Dinner on Refugee Crisis: Measures taken at EU level.

Meeting with Walter Deffaa (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy)

18 Nov 2015 · Regionalpolitischer Dialog

Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)

29 Oct 2015 · Capital Markets Union

Meeting with Jakub Cebula (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

21 Oct 2015 · SME general

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

20 Oct 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

15 Oct 2015 · Refugee Policy

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

15 Oct 2015 · Circular Economy and SMEs

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

28 Jul 2015 · how to strengthen the single market for SMEs

Meeting with Marianne Klingbeil (Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board Regulatory Scrutiny Board)

1 Jul 2015 · Better Regulation Package

Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

17 Jun 2015 · Better Regulation

Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

9 Jun 2015 · Energy efficiency

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

22 Apr 2015 · Presentation

Meeting with Karolina Leib (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

16 Mar 2015 · Europäisches Semester

Meeting with Christine Mai (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

13 Mar 2015 · Youth policy

Meeting with Juergen Mueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

11 Mar 2015 · EU environment policies

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

4 Mar 2015 · Single market strategy

Meeting with Christine Mai (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

4 Mar 2015 · Youth policy

Meeting with Reinhard Felke (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

2 Mar 2015 · Vertiefung der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion und Europäisches Semester

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

18 Feb 2015 · Better Regulation

Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

16 Feb 2015 · Qualifications and vocational education

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

12 Feb 2015 · Industrial Policy

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

28 Jan 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Jakub Cebula (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

15 Dec 2014 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Jakub Cebula (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

15 Dec 2014 · SME's

Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)

11 Dec 2014 · Opening capital and financial markets to SMEs

Meeting with Richard Szostak (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

1 Dec 2014 · Trade