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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig gives an interview.
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Instead of to Poland, Schwesig's first trip abroad as President of the Federal Council was to the Netherlands.
From her visit to the kingdom she brings good news for the economy in MV.
Schwerin - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) also used her first trip abroad as President of the Federal Council to the Netherlands to strengthen economic contacts.
Representatives of the three chambers of commerce and industry and entrepreneurs traveled with her to the Netherlands, who visited, among other things, the parent company of the Anklam sugar factory and the Stavenhagen potato factory, Cosun in Dinteloord.
“There is good news for the Anklam and Stavenhagen locations.
Cosun has promised the state government investments worth millions,” said Schwesig after her return to Schwerin on Tuesday.
She herself was not at the meeting at Cosun, but she did visit a shipbuilding company.
Up to 150 million euros would flow into the sugar factory over the next five years to expand the processing capacities of the only beet processor in the northeast and to further develop the production of bioethanol.
The factory in Anklam, which according to the company employs more than 200 people, has been part of a Dutch group since 2009.
The potato plant in Stavenhagen should also be expanded.
Up to 60 million euros should be invested there.
“The creation of additional jobs is associated with this.
These are concrete results for our country and strengthen MV as a bioeconomy location,” said Schwesig confidently.
Their program also included a visit to the Damen shipyard in Vlissingen, a cooperation partner of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast in the construction of frigates for the German Navy.
According to media reports, shipyards in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania could also benefit from a major order from the Netherlands for submarines.
“I promoted Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at all of my appointments,” explained Schwesig, referring to the importance of the Netherlands for the local economy.
The kingdom has been one of the most important trading partners for years and is also extremely important for tourism.
“No other country brings as many foreign holiday guests to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as from the Netherlands.
Our goal is to expand economic cooperation in the next few years,” said Schwesig.
According to the State Chancellery, during her three-day visit in her role as President of the Federal Council, she met, among others, the Dutch King Willem-Alexander, the incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the President of the 1st Chamber of the Dutch States General, Jan Bruijn.
In Amsterdam, she spoke as a representative of Germany at the opening ceremony of the new National Holocaust Museum.
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