MEISER in the FAZ: How the State Can Strengthen Domestic Industry
How can the long-term competitiveness of Germany as an industrial location be secured? Ulrich and Wolfgang Meiser, Managing Partners of MEISER, address this question in a guest article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) dated November 10, 2026.
From their perspective as entrepreneurs, they highlight the current challenges facing German industry and point out what changes are needed to sustainably strengthen the industrial Mittelstand in particular.
The focus is on four key areas of action:
- Accelerating public investment: Planned investments must be systematically implemented, and public procurement must be more closely aligned with quality, sustainability, and fair competitive conditions.
- Ensuring fair competition: European companies need a level playing field. In particular, state-subsidized imports from China pose additional challenges for domestic industry.
- Strengthening corporate responsibility: Companies are called upon to contribute their experience and actively engage in economic policy discussions.
- Building confidence in Germany as an industrial location: Despite existing challenges, Germany continues to possess skilled professionals, innovative companies, and decades of industrial experience.
Ulrich and Wolfgang Meiser emphasize that policymakers and business leaders alike must take responsibility and drive necessary change forward.
Their core message: Germany has not lost its industrial future. The decisive factor is getting back into action—less complaining, more implementing.
