The German economy is in a slump - and there is no end in sight. Entrepreneurs are frustrated - and are warning more and more urgently about de-industrialization.
The employers' association Gesamtmetall and the trade union IG Metall have called on the federal government to strengthen Germany as a business location. “Germany as an industrial location is in danger. Energetic countermeasures are required, otherwise there is a risk of devastating deindustrialization, further social division and an increasing radicalization of political debates and protests," the statement said. "The last chancellor who had a plan was Gerhard Schröder," says Daniel Hager, chairman of the supervisory board of the Hager Group. "He knew he had to nurture and nurture the industry. He knew that cheap energy was needed for industry," Hager says, referring to the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline under the Baltic Sea, together with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We have to work more. There is a lack of a performance culture in this country," says Hager.