Commenting on the planned compulsory testing of companies, BDA Managing Director Steffen Kampeter said:

Berlin, 12 April 2021. What the Federal Government is now planning is nothing less than a further declaration of mistrust towards companies and their employees in this country. Business is not part of the problem, but part of the solution. Mandatory testing will lead to more bureaucracy and increasingly discredit the voluntary commitment of businesses. We have offered the federal government a joint non-bureaucratic approach. It is of little consolation if the testing bureaucracy that has now been introduced does not implement all the measures that have been envisaged, such as documentation or limiting the variety of tests. We are convinced that the economy, which after all we all are, should always be part of a problem solution.