Should I stay or should I go? Given Germany's high cost and sluggish growth, some business leaders are mulling relocating, or at least investing abroad. DW has a look at the numbers.

German companies are continuing to move abroad — and that applies to businesses of every size. According to press reports

According to the data, around 1,300 German companies with more than 50 employees relocated business functions abroad between 2021 and 2023. That’s equivalent to 2.2% of all companies of that size based in Germany in 2023.

  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Maybe they know now, but the PR dptmnt is working hard during election time, and Sabine & Michael do not read newsarticles the way we do.

    Seems to be a common thing nowadays, politicians winning elections and then becoming really unpopular.

    I also hate the pesonality cult; maybe Sabine & Michael think it’s Merz’ fault, not the CDU’s?

    BTW, pulling Die Bahn into this is not really fair because that’s been fucked up for decades. An epic tragedy about how not to privatize institutions.

    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Yes.

      I think Deutsche Bahn is exemplary for stinginess. We need to invest money. And that’s been an issue for a long, long time. But it’s the same story with other infrastructure, the power grid, schools… Digital infrastructure… It pays off later. We could have done it 20 years ago. But we keep being stingy, and the situation with the trains is a good example for that.