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Wolfgang Kubicki wrote that the coalition is endangering the state's finances. Instead of demanding more money from the people or further increasing the debt, he argued that existing resources must be managed wisely. A combination of high debt and denial of reality is dangerous; Kubicki wrote that presumably only a "cold withdrawal" can help the coalition. #Staatsfinanzen #Schulden #Wirtschaftspolitik (translated)

Chris Veber wrote that the EU Commission is making life more difficult and expensive for citizens. It is now targeting used cars and used spare parts: In his understanding, citizens and most businesses should soon no longer be allowed to dismantle old vehicles or buy affordable used clutches. He claimed that even economically totaled vehicles would no longer be allowed to be repaired. Veber criticized that the EU is creating problems that would not exist without it. https://t.co/SUqzST8rKB #EUKommission #Bürgerrechte #Wirtschaftspolitik (translated)

The author asked who was behind the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines and whether the criminal trial would clarify who had planned, ordered, and carried out the explosion. He also referred to the business lawyer Wolfgang Hummel, who dealt with the legal and economic consequences. #NordStream #Anschlag #Wirtschaftspolitik #DE (translated)

In a comment on Chancellor Friedrich Merz's speech at the Employers' Day, it becomes clear that he has specific economic policy expectations of the new SPD Minister of Labor, while the coalition is faced with stagnating growth figures and uncertain relief measures. #FriedrichMerz #SPD #Wirtschaftspolitik (translated)

The lack of high-quality data in Austria complicates research and political decisions in areas such as health, the labor market, and the energy transition, although better access to such data would be crucial for effective economic policy. #Datenpolitik #Österreich #Gesundheitsforschung (translated)

The author wrote that the taz stated at the start of his book that anti-fascist economic policy apparently strikes a nerve. He felt a similar resonance in Frankfurt, Vienna, and Zurich. Democrats need a counter-proposal to what he sees as the unbearable status quo, he wrote. He ended the contribution with an incomplete sentence about the alternative. https://t.co/l6nr9cqXxe #Antifaschismus #Wirtschaftspolitik #Demokratie #DE #AT #CH (translated)

Torsten Heinrich criticized the veneration of a person he described as racist and homophobic and held responsible for mass murders. He compared them to a CDU member of the Bundestag who praised Augusto Pinochet and sarcastically asked whether Die Linke could really be considered a normal party. He stated that he would omit a discussion of the economic policies of the two individuals. #Rassismus #Homophobie #Politik (translated)

Apollo News reported that portfolio manager Andreas Beck criticized German economic policy in a podcast with Max Mannhart. Beck explained that new billions of debt would ultimately destroy German prosperity and further restrict the citizens' leeway. https://t.co/aGSvIQXGXl #Wirtschaft #Schulden #Deutschland (translated)

Lexa wrote that Friedrich Merz had traveled to Kyiv and stated that one could rely on Germany. She asked whether this referred to the citizens who were struggling with an economic downturn, sharply rising energy prices, and overburdened cities, or to a political class that, according to her portrayal, represented its own interests. Germany's security does not primarily depend on the outcome of the Ukraine war, Lexa argued, but on secure borders, functioning infrastructure, and an economic policy that saves domestic companies rather than funneling tax money abroad. In her view, such visits demonstrated that solidarity was being exported unilaterally, while costs and risks remained with the local population and national problems remained unsolved. #Deutschland #Politik #UkrainischerKrieg (translated)

Nico Lange wrote that Vladimir Putin spoke for 3 hours and 20 minutes during a speech and a moderated stage discussion at the Valdai Forum on October 1, 2026. From his statements, Lange derived five central points of a Russian strategy. According to Lange, Putin portrays Russian aggression as a reaction to Western attacks or provocations. In doing so, he justifies the war of aggression against Ukraine, prepares the population for a prolonged confrontation, and presents Russian escalations as responses. At the same time, in Lange’s estimation, Putin wants a European security order in which Russia can co-determine decisions. This includes, according to the author, a weakening of NATO, especially its eastern flank, political division and economic destabilization of the EU, as well as an expansion of Russian influence in Central and Eastern Europe. Lange wrote that behind Putin's demand for Ukrainian neutrality are the exclusion of NATO and EU membership as well as a Western orientation. Putin also aims for permanent territorial control over large parts of Ukraine and political control over the country. His statements that Ukraine cannot exist independently and is controlled from the outside were interpreted by Lange as an attempt to question its independence and justify Russian influence. According to Lange, Putin also presents a possible Russian escalation, even to the use of nuclear weapons, as a necessary defense. This is intended to deter NATO and European states from a consistent defense of the Baltics and the Baltic Sea region. Lange referred to Kaliningrad, which he described as Europe’s most militarized area, and wrote that a NATO defense could hit air defense, missile sites, and military infrastructure there. Putin depicts the Russian economy as stable and resilient according to Lange, while he does not address the human and economic costs of the war. Lange wrote that Putin sees the economy mainly as a geopolitical pressure tool against Europe, a war resource, and an instrument for maintaining power. Overall, according to Lange, Putin wants to create a European order dominated by Russia, where Ukraine is subjugated and Moscow controls spheres of influence. #Putin #Geopolitik #Ukraine (translated)