[HIGHLIGHTS] Elite researcher warns: Germany's decision-makers lack a vision for the future

Germany ranks eighth in the new Elite Quality Index of the University of St. Gallen.

However, our elites lack strategic vision. Russia has crashed dramatically compared to last year's EQx, dropping from an already poor 67th to 103rd place. In Germany, people don't think long-term enough in the five core areas that will decide everything else, says Tomas Casas from the Swiss University of. St.Gallen.. Gloomy outlook: German elites are not thinking strategically enough into the future.