Comments

The comments in media and statements listed here were written by all or a majority of the Council members.

By-lined Article

Relaxation of Corona restrictions: protection of health and the economy are not in contradiction

– The GCEE has published a by-lined article and compiled information in a paper on the restrictions on economic activity in Germany as a result of the coronavirus pandemic (in German only).

By-lined Article

A carbon price for Europe

– In a joint by-lined article in the ‘Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung’, the French and German economic councils argue for a uniform carbon price across all EU member states and sectors (in German only).

Statement

A uniform carbon price for Europe

– A joint statement of the French and German Economic Councils. (Download)

By-lined Article

Article regarding the discussion on industrial policy

– Council members comment on strategy change in the national industrial policy in a by-lined article in the German newspaper ‘Die Welt’ (in German only).

Press Release

For more structural change in hospital care

– Joint press release by the German Council of Experts in Public Health and the German Council of Economic Experts (Download, in German only).

By-lined Article

What Germany must do now

– Council members Lars P. Feld, Christoph M. Schmidt, Isabel Schnabel and Volker Wieland explain the key conclusions of the Annual Report 2018/19 in a by-lined article in the newspaper ‘Welt am Sonntag’ (in German only).