Rent Control: another such victory, and we are done

Last month, the Berlin Rent Control Act was found to violate the German constitution. This was the right call, but the Federal Constitutional Court …

Rejecting Mercosur would be a lose-lose

Nearly a month ago, “Fridays for Future” speaker Luisa Neubauer met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to Neubauer, Merkel assured her that she …

Coronabonds offer the wrong path

The German newspaper ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ published an open letter by well-known artists about an initiative to issue Coronabonds in order to share the burden …

Why do Germany and the Netherlands oppose coronabonds?

In recent weeks, the global impact of the coronavirus has brought a huge number of new questions to the fore. For the time being …

Higher Education and the importance of apprenticeships: United Kingdom & Germany

In 2017, youth unemployment (young people between 15-24, without work or enrolled in education) in the EU as a whole was on average of …

The Air Berlin-Lufthansa deal breaches EU competition laws and hurts Germans consumers

On 15 August, Air Berlin was forced to file for bankruptcy after the withdrawal of funding from Abu-Dhabi based Etihad Airways, which holds 29 …

The Nanny State crusade marches on

Today sees the publication of the 2017 edition of the Nanny State Index, a league table of the best and worst places in the …

Mercantilist arguments in the Union

Over the last few years, prominent economists, think tanks and business newspapers have come to the consensus that Germany’s trade surplus is a problem …

Living on credit

November 30 marks Credit Day across the European Union. Credit Day is the day when member states’ central administrations exhaust their annual tax revenues …

How could the world’s biggest exporter oppose freer trade?

On September 17th, more than 100,000 people took to the streets of several German cities to protest against both the Transatlantic Trade and Investment …

Nord Stream 2: a pro-European business decision

Greta Gietz // 19.02.2016
In a time where the future of the European Idea and an ever-closer European Union are heavily debated, challenged by …

The challenges of economic integration facing migrants and Germany

Greta Gietz // 14.01.2016
The New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne have increased the pressure on Angela Merkel and are driving public debates on …