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Web seminar on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 6–8 p.m.
National budgets are under pressure. A large proportion of expenditure is attributable to an ever-growing state apparatus.
Could Germany and Saxony be saved by a libertarian political approach?
And what might such an approach look like?
What would the departure of Germany, a net contributor to the EU, mean?
Web seminar on Thursday, 12 December 2024, 6–8 p.m.
The question of whether migrants can be turned away at Germany's borders has entered the general political discourse. The issue is being hotly debated, particularly in the Free State of Saxony, but also in other federal states. The debate ranges from the question of whether Germany's borders within the EU are actually borders at all to the question of what role EU law plays and should play in relation to German law.
It was just six weeks ago that we published an article with the same headline here. In it, we described the extremely difficult situation in which the VW Group currently finds itself. Perhaps some readers smiled at the strong words we used to describe the current dilemma facing Germany's largest car manufacturer. Since the beginning of this week at the latest, it should be clear to everyone that our analysis was, unfortunately, spot on. While the latest statements from the group's management were still rather vague, the supervisory board and the IG Metall trade union have now made their position clear and outlined the true extent of the impending scrapping of the group.
On the night of Sunday, 27 October, the clocks will once again be set back one hour – for the 44th time since 1980, when this nonsense began. Once again, people with sensitive sleep patterns will have problems, once again parents will have unbalanced children, once again farmers will have problems with restless animals. It will take weeks for the cows to get used to the new milking times. Statisticians will once again record increased accident figures, and most of the 440 million EU citizens will once again wonder when the nightmare of daylight saving time will finally end. But it will not end. At least not in the foreseeable future.
Things could soon become quieter in the skies above Germany. Following Ryanair, Eurowings – Germany's second-largest airline – has also announced that it will be thinning out its local route network from 2025. Ryanair plans to stop flying to Dortmund, Dresden and Leipzig airports altogether and cancel 60% of its flights to and from Hamburg. A total of 1.8 million seats are expected to be affected. Eurowings is now cancelling 1,000 flights to and from Hamburg „as a first step“, including the route to Cologne/Bonn, which is popular with business customers.
„Made in Germany“ once meant something in the world. Originally introduced in Great Britain at the end of the 19th century as protection against supposedly cheap and inferior imports from Germany, the designation of origin was considered the epitome of German craftsmanship for decades. Goods from Germany were highly valued worldwide for their quality and durability. But the former trademark is cracking; there is a worm in it: in the truest sense of the word, Made in Germany.
One industry after another is hitting a brick wall. A „toxic cocktail“ of poor conditions is causing more and more industrial companies to leave Germany or close down altogether. High energy costs, exorbitant electricity prices, CO2 pricing, excessive bureaucracy, supply chain legislation, a shortage of skilled workers, dilapidated infrastructure, compulsory memberships, fantasies of a four-day week – the catalogue of horrors for companies is getting longer and longer.
Continental, Tesla, automotive supplier ZF, Miele, SAP, Vaillant, Samsung, Schenker. Reports of thousands of job cuts at major industrial companies in Germany continue unabated. Entire sites are even being relocated abroad. Why is this happening? What is going wrong in this country? If you want to find out, join us on a virtual journey. Imagine you are the CEO of the Volkswagen Group. No, we don't want to question Oliver Blume, the current CEO of Volkswagen AG. This is purely a thought experiment. And we have chosen an automotive group because everyone knows and understands the product: the car. Most people have one or more at home.
Web seminar:
„Escalation of the war in Ukraine and Germany's security – How capable is the Bundeswehr of defending itself?“
Date: Thursday, 19 September 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Speaker: Walter A. Schwaebsch
The war of attrition in Ukraine is continuing with massive support from Western countries and increasing involvement from military advisers and trainers. With the delivery of long-range weapon systems, including German ones, Ukrainian troops are now able to attack Russian territory. This means that as the war spreads, the risks to Germany's security are increasing.