Tag: Structural policy
Project award for the reconstruction fund faltering
Madrid When the EU heads of government agreed on the European reconstruction fund in the summer, the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez received applause from his cabinet on his return…
Emergency merger of the German North Sea ports threatens the port of Hamburg
Hamburg 114,000 jobs in the metropolitan region depend directly on the port industry. (Photo: ddp, Getty Images, Hapag-Lloyd (M)) Wilhelmshaven On this gloomy November day in the Jade-Weser-Port there is…
Emergency merger of the German North Sea ports threatens the port of Hamburg
Hamburg 114,000 jobs in the metropolitan region depend directly on the port industry. (Photo: ddp, Getty Images, Hapag-Lloyd (M)) Wilhelmshaven On this gloomy November day in the Jade-Weser-Port there is…
The EU is countering this with 300 billion euros
Chinese freight train in Duisburg China’s “New Silk Road” is challenging the EU – and now the confederation is reacting, more forcefully than recently expected. (Photo: dpa) Brussels With an…
The balance sheet of the Autobahn GmbH of the federal government is sobering after a year
Highway construction site According to information from the Handelsblatt, the motorway company will not be able to obstruct half a billion euros this year, which is a good ten percent…
The balance sheet of the Autobahn GmbH of the federal government is sobering after a year
Highway construction site According to information from the Handelsblatt, the motorway company will not be able to obstruct half a billion euros this year, which is a good ten percent…
How BER management tries to motivate its employees
Travel operations at BER Airport The managers want to motivate the workforce with a fire letter. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With a fire letter, the BER managers are now trying to…
Economic performance: First eastern countries catch up with the west: three facts on the progress of the economic process of unity
The traffic light wants to complete the unity. A look at economic performance gives the impression that this could be simple. But there is still a lot to be done.…
Economic performance: first eastern countries catch up with the west: facts on the progress of the economic process of unity
The traffic light wants to complete the unity. A look at economic performance gives the impression that this could be simple. But there is still a lot to be done.…
Like Europe, China wants to stand up
Brussels With a program to promote strategically important infrastructure projects, the EU Commission wants to strengthen Europe’s foreign policy weight. The plan provides for guarantees amounting to 40 billion euros…
New terminal worth only half the construction costs
Berlin Not even all the bills have been paid for the problematic new capital city airport. But the Schönefeld BER main terminal, which cost 5.4 billion euros and has only…
Congress passes historic infrastructure reform – partial success for Biden
Washington “Let’s show the world that the US can deliver”. With this appeal, the US President had turned to Congress just hours before the largest infrastructure package in decades was…
Telekom closes deal with infrastructure investor IFM
Telecom Telekom has been upgrading its own copper cable infrastructure for a long time and has therefore started the expansion of fiber optics relatively late. (Photo: Reuters) Deutsche Telekom has…
What must Germany achieve on the way to climate neutrality?
Infographics On the way to climate neutrality: What the green conversion will cost. The current climate protection law provides that Germany will be climate neutral by 2045. That would be…
New NRW head of government aims to phase out coal as early as 2030
Garzweiler coal mining district in North Rhine-Westphalia Climate protectors are calling for an end to coal mining, and security of supply is a priority for the NRW state government. (Photo:…
About the debt brake, KfW and the traffic light coalition
Lars Feld advises against making public investments in climate protection or digitization through the Reconstruction Loan Corporation (KfW). A KfW transformation fund is a mistake. “Because – most of the…
Interview with Klaus-Heiner Lehne: So that 750 billion euros do not seep away: EU Court of Auditors warns against wasting Corona aid
Hundreds of billions of euros and a new method of financing should boost the economy in the EU. But the European Court of Auditors is understaffed. .source site
Interview with Klaus-Heiner Lehne: Head of the EU Court of Auditors warns of wasting money with Corona funds: “An auditor responsible for 100 billion euros”
Hundreds of billions of euros and a new method of financing should boost the economy in the EU. But the European Court of Auditors is understaffed. .source site
Insolvent Hahn airport: is the airport bankruptcy wave coming?
Frankfurt Another German airport is bankrupt. Hahn Airport in the Hunsrück had to file for bankruptcy a few days ago. In February, the management of Lake Constance Airport in Friedrichshafen…
Airport: Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is insolvent
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport The regional airport in Rhineland-Palatinate has filed for bankruptcy. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH in Hunsrück has filed for bankruptcy. Hahn operations manager Christoph Goetzmann told the…