Published: January 16th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The BDI wants Europe to take on more responsibility in the world. „We in Europe have no influence on the presidential election in the USA,“ said BDI head Siegfried Russwurm at his association’s annual kick-off press conference in Berlin. However, Europe must deal with every scenario and it is not enough to worry. Rather, Europe must „prepare for a world in which we Europeans are more on our own.„