Dealers and municipalities should be able to decide for themselves how they want to proceed with opening times on Sunday, says Alexander von Preen, President of the German Trade Association. In an interview with the Funke media group, he demands more scope for companies at Sunday openings. “I wish this flexibility. Above all, we finally need more legal certainty for possible Sunday openings in our cities,” he added. The nationwide shopping law currently provides that business must remain closed on Sundays and public holidays, only a limited number of Sundays open to sales can take place. This regulation varies depending on the federal state. “Entrepreneurs need this freedom to be able to decide, we are now opening up now.” Companies could not enforce Sunday openings against their own workforce anyway, said the HDE President: “But if everyone decided together to open the shops on Sunday, but remain closed on Monday, why not? As much flexibility should be possible.
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