Popular articles tagged "German economy"
The decision of the State government of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany to proclaim an official Covid-19 emergency to access billions of euros in federal funding has drawn…
The former head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling has warned Germans they will be facing unforeseen losses of wealth and prosperity.
The city of Stuttgart in southwestern Germany might be facing insolvency.
In an interview with Handelsblatt conducted in New York, Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp unleashed a blistering assessment of Germany, in particular its flailing…
Germany’s economy is expected to expand only modestly over the next three years, as structural obstacles, global trade pressures, and cautious private investment…
Europe’s push to rearm has run into a series of snags.
Germany’s 630 MPs may once again book business-class tickets at the taxpayer’s expense – if the flight lasts more than two hours.
The Federation of German Industries (BDI), one of Germany’s major business associations, has warned the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz that the economy…
Several German cities have scaled back or scrapped traditional Christmas illuminations this year, citing soaring costs and strained municipal budgets as the festive…
The cordon sanitaire against the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) looks to be crumbling among German industrialists, with two major associations reviewing their…
German exports to the United States rebounded in September after months of decline following the introduction of US tariffs, helping drive a bigger-than-expected…
Sentiment in Germany’s industrial sector is at rock bottom with more than 40 per cent of companies planning to reduce their workforce in the coming year.
Volkswagen Group, Germany’s biggest vehicle manufacturer, lost €1.07 billion between July and September, according to an earnings release.
Most new jobs created by German companies in the past three years came in response to the ever-growing bureaucratic onus put on the private sector.
The number of companies sliding into insolvency in Germany rose by 10.4 per cent in September compared to the year before, according to preliminary data.
The serial travails of the dying Macron presidency may be dominating the headlines, but the profound dysfunction of Germany’s coalition government holds its own…
August saw the sharpest decline in German industrial production since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
According to the German Council of Economic Experts, the retirement age should be raised to 73 to keep the country's social security system from collapsing.
The Bosch group, one of Germany’s leading industrial players, has announced a far-reaching job cut programme.
A senior German politician has sounded the alarm about what he said would be the catastrophic effects of current climate policy on Germany’s industrial backbone.
Oliver Zipse, CEO of German carmaker BMW, has spoken out harshly against the planned total ban for internal combustion engines (ICE) in new cars in the European…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) is ramping up pressure on his coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), to consent…
For the first time in 10 years more than 3 million Germans are without a job.
German Christian Democrats have called for a committee of inquiry into the former Green Federal Minister of Economics, Robert Habeck, for "wasting billions of taxpayer's…
German Chancellor Friederich Merz has warned that his country's economy is no longer capable of financing its welfare state.
Germany’s economy shrank more than expected in the second quarter as US tariffs battered exports, official data showed Friday, ramping up pressure on Chancellor…
German left-wing party Die Linke is calling for taxpayers to pay for permanent beard removal for trans women in the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Germany’s finance minister has proposed raising income and estate taxes to cover the country’s ballooning budget deficit.
German investor morale fell sharply in August, a drop that exceeded expectations and underscored how tensions over US–European Union trade have been shaping Europe’s…
The number of companies in Germany filing for bankruptcy has unexpectedly jumped to its highest value since at least 2018.
