In Search of Reforms
Why Merz is Struggling to Put Germany on a Growth Path Those who expected the Merz government to quickly fix Germany’s sluggish economy have good reasons to be disappointed. So …
AGI Asks: Assessing the First Year of the Merz Government
Friedrich Merz was sworn in as Germany’s chancellor on May 6, 2025. The country faces its biggest challenges in a generation: a sluggish economy, Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine, a …
Germany’s Economy in 2026
Turnaround or another year of gloom? Will 2026 mark the turnaround for the German economy? While many international investors seem to believe in a debt-fueled comeback, fiscally conservative German authorities …
No Alternative
The German economy is currently in the midst of a structural crisis, marked by prolonged stagnation and rising unemployment. A mix of high taxes and strict regulations has created difficult …
AGI Profiles: Katherina Reiche
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy On April 28, chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz unveiled his cabinet. Alongside some unexpected nominations—such as Johann Wadephul as Foreign Minister and Karsten Wildberger as …
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More Growth Through Less Red Tape
The United States of America is in a much better economic position than the countries of the European Union. This is not only reflected in the corporate structure, with the …
Role Reversal
The Trump Geoeconomic Approach Imitates Merkel The first three months of the Trump administration have seen what could be called the Germanization of U.S. foreign policy. Trump has taken on …
Operation Plan Germany
Defense Is More Than Tanks and Drones Roughly a year ago, the German government took a significant step in the realm of homeland defense by adopting the classified “Operationsplan Deutschland” …
Germany’s European Chancellor
Many Germans are expressing buyers’ remorse. Coalition talks with the Social Democrats have successfully concluded, yet so far the head of the German Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, has failed to …
A Seven-Point Plan for Revitalizing Germany
Germany is—still—the world’s third-largest economy, following the United States and China and ahead of Japan. However, the German economy has gone through a “lost decade” or at least a “lost …
When the Auto Industry Sneezes, Germany Catches a Cold
Martin Winterkorn could never have imagined that one day he would become the symbol of the crisis that has enveloped the company he once led with an iron fist, Volkswagen. …
U.S. Elections 2024
Outlook on the Economy, Financial Markets, and the Global Trade System AGI and the Swiss private bank Bergos have released a new report, “U.S. Elections 2024: Outlook on the Economy, …
Does Germany Need an Economic Pivot?
With customary fanfare, Germany’s political heavyweights recently opened the construction site of a new semiconductor facility in Saxony. For Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the newly confirmed European Commission President Ursula …
Edward Knudsen, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Edward Knudsen as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in Fall 2024. Edward Knudsen is a doctoral researcher in international relations at the University of Oxford, a …
