Ryan Walshaw
@ryanwalshaw.bsky.social
Modern European History grad student @ Oxford
Project Manager @ Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung London
Project Manager @ Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung London
Scholz seems to be suggesting that because Commerzbank is a major lender to the Mittelstand it would be dangerous to allow it to fall into ‘foreign’ hands— the Ver.di union has called for it to be classed as critical national infrastructure to stop the takeover!
September 26, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Scholz seems to be suggesting that because Commerzbank is a major lender to the Mittelstand it would be dangerous to allow it to fall into ‘foreign’ hands— the Ver.di union has called for it to be classed as critical national infrastructure to stop the takeover!
Thanks for sharing, Iain!
September 25, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Thanks for sharing, Iain!
Absolutely: they’re chalk and cheese. But there was a not-insignificant CDU-BSW migration. Tho whatever the numbers say I’m not sure Radtke will gain much credit for suggesting greater emphasis on social security given many in the CDU believe benefits have reached unreasonable levels under Scholz
September 23, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Absolutely: they’re chalk and cheese. But there was a not-insignificant CDU-BSW migration. Tho whatever the numbers say I’m not sure Radtke will gain much credit for suggesting greater emphasis on social security given many in the CDU believe benefits have reached unreasonable levels under Scholz
Also: if you’d like to hear more from me on this, I’m due to appear on the BBC World Service (!!!) at around 9.20 tomorrow morning to discuss the election and what it means for Germany. Please do tune in!
September 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Also: if you’d like to hear more from me on this, I’m due to appear on the BBC World Service (!!!) at around 9.20 tomorrow morning to discuss the election and what it means for Germany. Please do tune in!