Published: August 25th, 2023,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025
Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries.
In an interview with Stefan Braun and Till Hoppe, the BDI President criticizes the „sandbox games“ of the traffic light coalition and calls for a minimal consensus among democratic parties. Many entrepreneurs get the feeling that politics in Berlin and Brussels want to monitor them at every step – „something is slipping“. The federal government should also exert more influence in the EU.
Mr. Russwurm, the term „sick man of Europe“ is making its rounds again. How sick is Germany?