A Chancellor on a short trip on a long-haul for climate protection. Friedrich Merz flies to the climate conference in Belém in Brazil and only stays there for a few hours. On board: an agenda between industrial policy, openness to technology and the question of whether Germany is still considered a role model when it comes to climate. Gordon Repinski accompanies the Chancellor and arranges the previous trip.
Back in Berlin: The Steel Summit is meeting in the Chancellery before the Chancellor’s trip. Tom Schmidtgen from POLITICO newsletter for industry and tradel explains what really ails the steel industry, why tariffs are threatening against cheap imports and why even the industrial electricity price doesn’t help.
In the 200-second interview, Ilse Aigner, President of the Bavarian State Parliament, talks about the suspicion that the AfD is using parliamentary questions to access sensitive data on critical infrastructure. She calls for stricter rules and decisive action against possible espionage.
Finally, Gordon takes you to the launch event of the Industry and Trade newsletter.
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Author: Gordon Repinski
Published on: 2025-11-06 08:50:00
Source: www.politico.eu
