The president of the family business, Reinhold von Eben-Worlée, warns urgently of the consequences of the pandemic.

He expects a large wave of bankruptcies, but still sharply criticizes too much government aid.

He also has a clear opinion on Germany's political future.

WORLD:

Is the renewed lockdown with the shutdown of the economy the right way?

von Eben-Worlée:

The more rigid the corona measures

affect

the economy, the more expensive it will be for the state in the end. Further compensation payments will result in higher national debt. And more companies and their jobs will disappear from the market the longer a lockdown lasts. But to put all of this in relation to the danger to life and limb, that can only be done by politics.