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Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the ifo business climate index has shown a divergence in recent months: the expectations of German companies are becoming more optimistic, while the actual business situation repeatedly disappoints. He argued that the upswing is therefore apparently mainly taking place in expectations. Boeminghaus suspected that political and media messages about a better economic situation could have contributed to the optimism without changing the economic reality. He criticized politics, mainstream media, and business press for strengthening expectations instead of achieving sustainable growth and structural reforms. #Deutschland #Wirtschaft #Optimismus (translated)

The Ifo Business Climate Index shows an increase to 90.2 points in October, indicating an improvement in sentiment in the German economy and a rising capacity utilization in the manufacturing sector, while companies express more optimistic export expectations. #IfoIndex #Wirtschaft #Export (translated)

The Ifo Business Climate Index rose for the sixth consecutive time in October, signaling an improved economic mood in Germany, particularly in the industry, despite ongoing challenges from rising energy prices and international crises. #IfoIndex #Wirtschaft #Deutschland (translated)

Clément Macchi wrote that Lisnard had, for the first time, a clear lead over Retailleau. He indicated that the LR candidate, whom he deemed to be in difficulty, was even trailing Zemmour in one of the scenarios, while Mélenchon was slightly declining. For the second round, Macchi stated that Le Pen was reaching unprecedented levels regardless of her opponent and was surpassing even the results recorded by Ifop. #Politique #Élections2022 #France (translated)

Sahra Wagenknecht wrote that a current study by the ifo Institute shows that in recent years, around 500,000 employees in the German industry have lost their jobs. She cited the causes as energy and sanctions policy, high energy prices, bureaucracy, and insufficient investments in infrastructure. She also claimed that in Germany, a company goes bankrupt every 19 minutes and hundreds of thousands of additional jobs are at risk. Wagenknecht held Chancellor Friedrich Merz responsible for the economic developments and pointed to the defeats of the CDU in state elections as well as poor approval ratings. She called for a swift end to the government and demanded that Merz resign from his position. #Deutschland #Wirtschaft #Arbeitsplätze (translated)

A recent Ifop-Fiducial survey, conducted after a weekend of demonstrations, indicates a possible second round between Marine Le Pen (RN) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI) in the French presidential elections, with Le Pen showing a slight increase in the polls. #Présidentielle2026 #Sondage #MarineLePen (translated)

The author of the article wrote that the protests strengthened Marine Le Pen. Referring to the agency IFOP, he stated that she would receive 34 to 38 percent of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections. He described her as the only candidate who emerged strengthened from this period, and as a representative of the "party of order" and people who, according to him, could no longer tolerate chaos. https://t.co/wUGcB6uJs0 #MarineLePen #Francie #volby #FR (translated)

Clément Macchi reported, regarding an Ifop Opinion poll for Le Figaro published on October 17 about the 2027 presidential election, that Marine Le Pen reached up to 38%. He indicated that Jean-Luc Mélenchon qualified for the second round in all scenarios, with 15 to 20%. Édouard Philippe, he wrote, was struggling at 15% when he was alone in the center, after losing 6 points over three waves. Raphaël Glucksmann maintained between 12 and 16%, while David Lisnard declined to 5.5% and reached 7% in the absence of Bruno Retailleau. #Présidentielle2027 #politique #sondages (translated)

Clément Macchi relayed figures for five second-round duels of the 2027 presidential election in a publication dated October 17, associating Ifop Opinion, Le Figaro, LCI, and Sud Radio. According to these figures, Marine Le Pen received 56% against Édouard Philippe (up 4 points), 57% against Raphaël Glucksmann (+2), 58% against Gabriel Attal (+4), 59% against François Hollande (+5), and 68% against Jean-Luc Mélenchon (+1). The scores of her opponents were 44%, 43%, 42%, 41%, and 32%, respectively. https://t.co/4cKGqw8iD7 #Présidentielle2027 #LePen #Politique (translated)

Guilherme Boulos stated that the following day there would be motorcycle rallies for Lula and said that, during the government, delivery app workers had stopped being invisible. He mentioned Parada Certa, with 100 support points across the country, and Move Aplicativos, which, according to him, financed new motorcycles and cars for workers. He also mentioned the confrontation with Uber, iFood, and 99 in defense of a minimum wage and a rate per kilometer, as well as a proposal for a national app to combat the monopoly of the platforms. Boulos called on supporters to work for victory in the election. #Motociatas #Lula #Entregadores (translated)

The author cited an Ifo study saying Germany had lost nearly 500,000 industrial jobs since 2019, while arguing that the country continued to create jobs and that this was the real problem with the German economy. They added that the losses could be higher if certain estimates for temporary workers were included. https://t.co/mWwTxJIfjx #Deutschland #Wirtschaft #Industrie #DE

Emanuel Boeminghaus reported, citing a communication from the ifo Institute dated October 19, 2026, that between the end of 2018 and the end of 2025, Germany had lost 496,000 industrial jobs, a decrease of 7.1 percent. The automobile industry and its suppliers were particularly affected with 123,500 positions, the metal industry with 115,600, and mechanical engineering with 64,500. Including temporary jobs, the institute estimates the loss at around 628,000 positions. According to Boeminghaus, the job losses affected all federal states except for Hamburg. In the east, the loss was 8.4 percent, while in the west it was 6.8 percent. At the same time, more than 2.2 million jobs were added in the service sector, including 391,000 in healthcare, 357,000 in social services, and 329,000 in public administration. Boeminghaus pointed to the warning from ifo researcher Joachim Ragnitz, who stated that the loss of productive and innovative industrial jobs could slow down Germany's growth potential in the long term. https://t.co/5fFlHn6fnZ #Industrie #Arbeitsplätze #Deutschland (translated)