According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, eastern Germany can become an engine of growth. “East Germany’s economy is booming. There is actually hardly any future technology, hardly any growth industry that is not already at home here in East Germany or is currently looking for a new home here,” said the SPD politician before the start of the East German Economic Forum, according to the organizer .
At the conference in Bad Saarow, about 50 kilometers southeast of Berlin, from Sunday to Tuesday, representatives from politics, business, science and society will discuss economic change. It is about the conditions for industrial companies, the shortage of skilled workers, global competition and energy supply. Scholz’ appearance is planned for Sunday evening.
Economic development in the East varies: Last year, the economy grew faster in Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt than in the federal government as a whole. Lower rates were achieved in Thuringia and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In terms of gross domestic product per capita, the five eastern German states are still in the lower ranks in a national comparison.
