The Federation of German Industry (BDI) effectively called for a renegotiation of the frozen EU-China investment deal in a somewhat surprising statement on Wednesday (5 April).
When it became clear that the first handful of indictments against EU politicians related to Qatargate would be socialist, the European People’s Party leadership chose, unwisely, to gloat and make political capital out of it.
Germany's potential to invest in Africa was trumpeted at the 2022 German-Africa business summit in Johannesburg. But German foreign direct investment on the continent is stagnant.