Haucap in WELT-Interview: "Postage increase is an impertinence"

24.05.19

In an interview with WELT, our partner Prof. Justus Haucap sharply criticizes the planned postage increase of Deutsche Post AG. "What's going on is an imertinence," says Haucap. He is especially critical of the intervention of the Minister of Economic Affairs, which has "nearly undermined the price regulation of the postal service". "For effective control of the postal market, the market-dominating company Deutsche Post would have to be forced to separate its accounts for the dispatch of letters and parcels," Haucap continued.

Read the complete Interview.