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Emanuel Boeminghaus described Berlin pejoratively and stated that the construction industry in the city is under strong pressure. The plans of the Left for socialization unsettle investors and banks and could jeopardize new housing construction projects, he explained. Citing construction industry president Olaf Demuth, Boeminghaus reported that Berlin construction companies are increasingly having difficulties obtaining new loans. According to Demuth, the plans deter international investors. The socialization of around 200,000 apartments would, according to Demuth, cost between 20 and 30 billion euros; additionally, no new apartments would be created as a result. Whether the plans would be implemented remained uncertain. Boeminghaus pointed to growing uncertainty among construction companies regarding financing, investments, and future contracts. He cited BILD from October 11, 2026, as the source. https://t.co/5CoU9qTlj9 #Berlin #Bauindustrie #Immobilien (translated)

The article highlights the challenges and opportunities behind struggling new buildings in the Danube City that emerged after the abrupt end of the construction boom due to rising key interest rates and tightened credit regulation. #Stadtentwicklung #Neubauten #Donaustadt (translated)

Amid a tense budget situation and a looming deficit of 440 million euros, Frankfurt is discussing whether the costly new construction of the City Theaters can still be pursued, while the existing theater buildings urgently need to be renovated due to technical deficiencies. #Frankfurt #Bühnenneubau #Haushaltslage (translated)

Until the end, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) also expressed criticism, through whose constituency the new line is to run, but who also promotes himself as a self-proclaimed "Infrastructure Minister" for a modernization of the country. #Bahnstrecke #Niedersachsen #HamburgHannover (translated)

"a central building block to create additional capacities and permanently resolve the existing bottlenecks between Hamburg and Hanover" The CDU member of parliament Christoph Ploß said that the new line is "a central building block to create additional capacities and permanently resolve the existing bottlenecks between Hamburg and Hanover." #Bahnneubau #HamburgHannover #Verkehrspolitik (translated)

"We are ending the years of stagnation at Hamburg-Hannover and finally bringing new construction and improvements together on the existing route," said Isabel Cademartori, transport policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group. #Bahnneubau #HamburgHannover #Verkehrspolitik (translated)

The Transport Committee of the Bundestag voted for the construction of an important new line between Hamburg and Hanover to relieve the heavily used existing line and increase capacity for passenger and freight traffic, although the project faces opposition in Lower Saxony. #Bahnneubau #HamburgHannover #Verkehrspolitik (translated)

Miró called to mind Kerkeling, Hayali, Polenz, Neubauer, Campino, Campact activists, the "Grandmas against something," activists with an old bus, students, and the AA Foundation. He described the students as being trapped in a Nazi psychosis and wrote that those mentioned had a difficult time that day. https://t.co/qW0QDJVypp #Aktivismus #Solidarität #Gerechtigkeit (translated)

Maurice Höfgen wrote that opponents of the socialization of housing in Berlin warned of an end to private new construction. In his fact check, he referred to this warning as a myth and argued that large real estate corporations do not build, but buy for shareholders instead of for tenants. https://t.co/hFct2dR7Ma #Wohnen #Berlin #Immobilien (translated)

Christian Miele listed twelve challenges that Germany must overcome, in his opinion. Electricity and labor are expensive for companies: employers pay an average of around 45 euros per work hour, about 29 percent more than in the EU. In addition, high network fees and levies have increased energy costs; Germany exited nuclear power before sufficiently cheap and reliable alternatives were available. Long approval processes, according to Miele, also deter companies from investing. He named demographic change, rising contributions, and immigration that often does not lead to employment quickly enough as further problems. The shortage of skilled workers is real, he wrote, but uncontrolled immigration burdens households and municipalities. The Bundeswehr is also still inadequately equipped after decades of underfunding: the NATO target of 2 percent has long been missed, and there is still a lack of personnel, ammunition, and operational equipment. Miele wrote that Germany’s economy is hardly growing on its own: it shrank in 2023 and 2024 and only grew by 0.2 percent in 2025. Industry is producing less than it did a few years ago. In addition to taxes, levies, and energy costs, he pointed to weak demand, competition from China, and a lack of new products. In education, about one in three 15-year-olds does not reach the basic level in mathematics and reading; the gap between children from poor and rich families is as large as it has been since the beginning of the PISA tests. At the same time, there is a shortage of teachers and many school buildings are dilapidated. Among the further challenges, Miele listed the need for renovation of roads, bridges, railways, and schools. The municipal investment backlog is over 200 billion euros, about 55 billion of which is for schools alone. In his view, excessively high rents, low construction activity, and long approval processes also make it difficult to move to cities with open positions. The state is slow in digitization; many applications are still on paper, and internet coverage in rural areas is patchy. Finally, Miele warned that government spending is increasing without the economy growing correspondingly. Pensions, social services, and interest compete with defense and infrastructure for the same funds. If debt grows faster than economic output, there will be less room for investment later on, he wrote. Ultimately, the working people would bear the consequences, Miele explained, and he asked for his readers' assessments. #Herausforderungen #Wirtschaft #Deutschland (translated)

Apollo News reported that opposition spokesman Suraj Mailitafi has been nominated for the taxpayer-funded German Engagement Award 2026. In the event of a win, Mailitafi plans to donate the prize money, among other things, to a Palestinian organization. The jury also includes climate activist Luisa Neubauer. https://t.co/1YZXCgGx6e #Engagementpreis #Spenden #Klimaaktivismus (translated)

Munich has won the national Olympic competition and now faces the challenge of completing extensive renovations and new constructions for the Summer Games of 2036 over the next seven years, with particular focus on the construction of the new Olympic Village and various transportation infrastructure projects. #München #Olympia2036 #Baustelle (translated)

I had everything in the GDR and yet I just wanted to get away from there. My parents belonged to the upper class, if there was even such a thing in the GDR, or if one was allowed to call it that. They built a house (1976-78), took out a loan for 70,000 marks for it, and paid it off by 1988. The house was then debt-free. Additionally, my family received a Wartburg 353 as a gift in 1978 from an uncle in Munich through GENEX. It cost a little over 10,000 DM at the time. So there was more in the family than with the average GDR citizen, and yet I was completely fed up. Why? Well, on one hand, I was annoyed by this scarcity economy, where you had to wait for hours for everything, only to not get it anyway. Wasted and squandered life time. On the other hand, there was this constant, unbearable propaganda. Everywhere were stupid left-wing slogans, at work cash bonuses were distributed since the plan was always exceeded, only that nothing of it was visible in the shops. Then there was the unbearable living situation for many GDR citizens, because only a few could afford to build a house. Even the new apartment blocks (plattenbau) were the exception and not the rule. 70 percent of people lived in miserable shacks, that's just a fact. Thank goodness I was able to leave this miserable state in 1984 and build a good life for myself in the Federal Republic. And today I look in disbelief at Berlin, where they elected the left losers again – who can do nothing but spend other people's money – back into power. If I were living in Berlin today, I would pack my bags again and flee. Photo: My last evening in the GDR #DDR #deutscheGeschichte #Wende (translated)

Riesenknall zum Abend. McCain stoppt Milliardeninvestition in Deutschland. Heute wurde auch bekannt, dass Haribo nach fast zehn Jahren Planung den geplanten Neubau seines Werks in Neuss aufgegeben hat. #McCain #Deutschland #Industrie #Arbeitsplätze Milliardenprojekt gestoppt: McCain verfolgt die geplante neue Fabrik im niedersächsischen Mehrum vorerst nicht weiter. Bis zu eine Milliarde Euro sollten investiert und bis zu 650 neue Arbeitsplätze geschaffen werden. Kosten deutlich gestiegen: McCain nennt die aktuellen Marktbedingungen in Europa, erheblich gestiegene Projektkosten durch Inflation, Überkapazitäten bei verarbeiteten Kartoffelprodukten und eine schwächere Nachfrage in wichtigen Märkten als Gründe für die Entscheidung. Für den Standort Mehrum ist der vorläufige Stopp ein erheblicher Rückschlag für die geplante industrielle Ansiedlung. Vielen Dank für diesen wichtigen Hinweis! Quelle: t online und dpa https://t.co/VRPwEMAIw3 #Industrie #Deutschland #Arbeitsplätze

Sie ist Deutschlands Antikapitalistin Nr.1 Und heute wieder bei Maischberger. Sie schreibt in ihrem Buch, dass sie den Kapitalismus abschaffen und durch eine Planwirtschaft ersetzen will: Neubau verbieten, Fliegen und Auto fahren verbieten, Essen rationieren. https://t.co/Dbn3jJEtnr #Kapitalismus #Planwirtschaft #Antikapitalismus