Tag: Industrial policy
EU Commission meets economy with “green” hydrogen
Green Hydrogen The Commission no longer wants to require that the renewable electricity for hydrogen production has to be produced in the same hour as the hydrogen itself. (Photo: dpa)…
Sharp criticism of von der Leyen’s debt fund
Berlin, Brussels With her call for a new European investment fund for the energy transition, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has met with widespread rejection in Germany. Politicians…
Von der Leyen wants to respond to US subsidies with EU investments
Ursula von der Leyen The EU Commission President is calling for a reversal in European investment policy. (Photo: Reuters) Bruges, Washington According to Ursula von der Leyen, the dispute over…
Von der Leyen wants to respond to US subsidies with EU investments
Ursula von der Leyen The EU Commission President is calling for a reversal in European investment policy. (Photo: Reuters) Bruges, Washington According to Ursula von der Leyen, the dispute over…
Von der Leyen wants to respond to US subsidies with EU investments
Bruges According to Ursula von der Leyen, the dispute over the massive US subsidy program for green technologies requires an industrial policy offensive by the Europeans. On Sunday, the head…
No subsequent changes to anti-inflation law
The White House Washington supports the law but is in contact with foreign partners to address their concerns. (Photo: Bloomberg) Washington The US government is not planning any subsequent changes…
Habeck Ministry wants to tighten rules for China business
Berlin The Ministry of Economics is planning extensive requirements for German companies doing business in China and the exclusion of providers from authoritarian states from the critical infrastructure. In a…
German industry fears market access in the USA
Kirsten Ludowig in conversation with Bosch manager Rolf Najork at the Industry Summit 2022 “The trade barrier is there – and the Americans will not be impressed at all by…
Power cuts for up to 60 percent of the French possible
Nuclear power plant in Fessenheim France cannot currently meet its electricity needs on its own. (Photo: dpa) Paris The French government has drawn up an emergency plan for power supply…
Habeck is helping the industry with billions in the transformation
Tapping at a blast furnace in Duisburg The classic blast furnace route for steel production must be replaced by new processes. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert…
German economy less innovative than in other EU countries
Research center of the pharmaceutical company Merck The pharmaceutical industry is particularly dependent on research and development. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In 2021, the German economy increased its spending on research…
German economy less innovative than in other EU countries
Research center of the pharmaceutical company Merck The pharmaceutical industry is particularly dependent on research and development. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In 2021, the German economy increased its spending on research…
Macron calls US anti-inflation law ‘super aggressive’
French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President Kamala Harris Macron and US President Biden will speak publicly about the state visit on Thursday evening. (Photo: AP) Washington According to…
Habeck initiates climate protection contracts with industry
Robert Habeck The contracts should be the core of the industrial transformation and the ramp-up of hydrogen production. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) wants…
10,000 kilometers of hydrogen pipe network in Germany is feasible
Berlin From a technical and economic point of view, hydrogen could also flow through the existing German natural gas network at the end of the fossil age – which, if…
US government warns Germany about Huawei
Brussels, Berlin It was a first in the history of NATO: At the Madrid summit in the summer, the member states of the defense alliance decided on a strategic concept…
Energy price brakes will not stop Germany’s de-industrialization
container port Germany’s industry and the high energy costs. (Photo: dpa) With its cabinet decision on Friday, the federal government has improved its plans for curbing electricity and gas prices…
Germany and France are looking for an answer to US industrial subsidies
French Prime Minister Borne and Chancellor Scholz Germany and France insist on a level playing field for European companies. (Photo: IMAGO/Metodi Popov) Paris The visit of French Prime Minister Élisabeth…
“No room for negotiation” on energy price brakes for industry
Robert Habeck at the Paper Summit 2022 The larger the company, the greater the concerns in Brussels, explained the Federal Minister of Economics. (Photo: IMAGO/Mike Schmidt) Berlin Federal Economics Minister…
How China forces us to do things we don’t want to do
The federal government is currently writing its China strategy and is anything but unanimous. This is also due to the fact that China’s state capitalism calls our basic market principles…