In January of 1993 Europe officially began its experiment with a common market. Now, 25 years later, we can say with certainty that it’s been a resounding success. Accounting for more than 500 million…
According to the OECD’s most recent healthcare report, Germany’s health system is merely average – not in terms of healthcare expenditure, which, like the number of doctors and hospital beds per capita, is…
Happy birthday to the German Federal Cartel Office! As the Federal Cartel Office turns 60 this year, it can look back on a long history of successes. But now is not the time for the Office to rest on its…
The collapse of the coalition talks in Berlin risks squandering a key opportunity to shape Germany’s energy transition by linking ecological goals with efficient economic regulation. The clean-energy transition…
Every year the German Federal Insurance Office distributes more than 200 billion euros from the healthcare fund to the statutory health insurance providers. The allocation of these funds is, however, somewhat…
All the political parties pledged in their campaign manifestos to encourage the digitalisation of Germany’s economy and society. This is a good thing. Armed with buzzwords like “Industry 4.0” and “digital hubs”…
Recently, the Federal Minister of Transport, Alexander Dobrindt, announced a 350-million-euro subsidy for 2018, designed to lower track charges for freight transport and encourage shippers to move from roads to…
As the upcoming Bundestag elections in Germany draw nearer, state pensions have again become a key issue for the main political parties. While the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has laid out its own…
World Environment Day took place on 5 June. This year’s theme was “Connecting People to Nature”. Critics of environmental protection policies such as US President Donald Trump, who recently announced the US’s…
