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by MoSattler 1311 days ago
On one hand everyone in Germany is complaining about Fachkräftemangel, on the other hand the attitude is "In Deutschland haben wir Deutsch zu sprechen!".

I think if any foreigner comes to our country with any form on entrepreneurial spirit, we need to support that and not make it unnecessarily difficult.

And frankly, the German used in these kind of transactions can even be hard for us German native speakers.
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makeitdouble 1311 days ago
TBF, if a foreign entrepreneur doesn't have any mean to overcome the language barrier (either learn the language, have a dedicated translator or hire a lawyer), how successful will they be with understanding their bank account contract, properly filing their tax, passing contracts with local entities etc. Any single paper that will have an official value will be in german as well.

It loks to me like a decent filter for companies that won't make it very far anyway.

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MoSattler 1301 days ago
> how successful will they be with understanding their bank account contract, properly filing their tax, passing contracts with local entities

All these things should be available in English, if GER is serious about overcoming the skilled labour shortage.

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