We as the entire Management Board and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HAWE Hydraulik hereby make it clear, that our jobs, our incomes, our freedoms and peace in Germany and Europe have three foundations:
- Liberal democracy in Germany since 1949
- The EU domestic market (where we sell over 50% of our products)
- The social & free market economy as an economic system
Each and every one of us should be aware of this and thus bear in mind that endangering or abolishing one of these three foundations endangers the income, freedom and peace of each individual.
In every country and under every government, there is justified criticism of the current state of affairs. Of course, also in Germany. It is crucial that this criticism is formulated constructively, objectively and with respect for those who think differently. And above all: that this criticism is based on our democracy, the EU and our economic order. Destructive, defamatory protest is not a path of democratic debate. A party programme or a party communication that questions the freedom of many people and threatens deportation, that wants to detach Germany from the EU and thus destabilise our most important market, is a danger for all of us, for the workers in Germany as well as for the companies as a whole.