Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), finds clear words for Olaf Scholz (SPD) in an interview. He criticizes the Chancellor's handling of the current economic crisis and says with regard to the traffic light government's economic policy: "It was two lost years" The BDI boss demands an honest debate about which industries Germany can and wants to afford given the changed world situation - and under what conditions.
He didn't like the large amounts of money being paid out to semiconductor companies around the world.