Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that Chancellor Merz celebrated commitments of more than 225 billion euros at the Berlin Investment Summit, while actual foreign direct investments, according to his account, had significantly decreased. Citing Bundesbank figures, he stated that from January to August 2026, 42.7 billion euros had flowed into Germany, compared to 78.9 billion euros in the same period last year. This corresponds to a decrease of 45.8 percent. Boeminghaus also pointed out that Roche had put future investment decisions in Germany on hold, while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had been received in Berlin. The announced volume of new foreign investment projects had dropped from 23.2 billion to 11.8 billion euros in 2025. Since 2019, total investments in Germany had fallen by 6.4 percent, while they had increased by 20.2 percent in the USA, he wrote. As a source, Boeminghaus mentioned a contribution by Oliver Stock on FOCUS online from October 20, 2026. He also thanked HotManufaktur for the tip. https://t.co/a28h2mXZDx #Wirtschaft #Investitionen #Deutschland (translated)
