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VSPV strengthens its political clout in Berlin and Brussels.
For the VSPV, the move is strategically motivated. Taxi- and rental-car companies are under regulatory pressure, whether through European requirements, national legislative initiatives, or state policy directions that set the course. Whoever wants to influence here needs access – and allies.
Dr. Christoph Konrad, executive board member of the VfW, expressly welcomes the new member. The former European Parliament member and long-time managing director of the Central Association of German Motor Vehicle Trade knows the industry from different perspectives.
„I am pleased that, with the VSPV, an engaged mobility association from my home state of North Rhine-Westphalia is joining us as a new member. In particular, the topics of the taxi and car-rental sector are very familiar to me both from my time as a member of parliament and especially as managing director of the Central Association of German Motor Vehicle Trade. And Patrick Meinhardt and I have been working together in a relationship of trust for many years. For this industry, it is even vitally important to stand together with others as advocates of the social market economy.”
Membership is also seen as a signal at VSPV. Managing Director Sascha Waltemate speaks of an important step for the association's political work:
“For all of our topics that we tackle politically, we need strong communities to bring them to the Members of Parliament in cooperation with others. And with VfW, which has been advocating the values of the Social Market Economy for 60 years now, we have exactly the right, strong coalition partner for the taxi- and rental-car industry not only in Berlin. Because for us as VSPV it is extremely important that we, through VfW, are now also part of the European Movement, one of the largest coalitions of well over 200 associations. Because we must as an industry in Berlin and at the same time in Brussels present ourselves offensively.”
By linking to the European Movement, the VSPV expands its range of action beyond the state and federal levels. Regulation of the passenger transport market, platform economy, state aid law or social standards – many of these questions are now being decided in Brussels.
Patrick Meinhardt, the VSPV's General Representative and head of its capital office, states the claim clearly:
„We must score points early at the federal level and even earlier in Europe. For that, direct contact with Members of Parliament is required, and at the same time strong, robust networks. Only if we, as the taxi and rental-car industry, hear the grass growing early, can we effectively protect the SME sector against the attack of predatory capitalists. And in the VfW there are not only over 20 important business associations, but also among the 200 individual members a large number of former and current Members of Parliament.“
The accession is therefore more than a formal act. It stands for the realization that advocacy in the mobility sector is no longer decided solely on the street—and instead in committees, working groups and networks that draft the texts of laws. For the taxi and rental-car industry in North Rhine-Westphalia this means: greater presence in the political center—and a stronger voice in the concert of business associations.
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