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LIVE: Merz, Sewing and Busch Hold Press Conference on German Economic Growth | AC113

📅 Sep 30, 2026 Speeches Uncut 27 MIN 104 VIEWS 3 SEGMENTS · 2 SPEAKERS
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing and Siemens CEO Roland Busch hold a press conference in Berlin on economic growth and competitiveness. The appearance takes place during the annual meeting of the Made for Germany business initiative. The three speakers address issues affecting Germany’s economy, including investment, industrial competitiveness, innovation and the conditions for future growth. The event brings together senior government and business representatives to discuss Germany’s position as an investment and industrial location. The press conference...
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to bring into growth mode. We explicitly support the course of reforms that you are pursuing. Only in this way can we build a Germany that gets back into growth mode, that increases competitiveness, and that includes innovation.
With industrial AI, Germany has a once-in-a-century opportunity to be at the forefront again when it comes to new technologies. Industrial AI needs data, needs domain knowledge — all of this is available in Germany. We also need to ensure that we regulate less, create frameworks, and pick up speed. This is how we increase Germany's price competitiveness and get back to the very front. Of course, this also includes education and further training. We need the people in the country. We need everyone on board to help tackle this. It will not be an easy path, but it is worth it to bring Germany back to where it belongs. So, thank you very much.

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Busch, R. (2026, September 30). LIVE: Merz, Sewing and Busch Hold Press Conference on German Economic Growth | AC113 [Interview transcript]. Speeches Uncut. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2952356/

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Roland Busch. "LIVE: Merz, Sewing and Busch Hold Press Conference on German Economic Growth | AC113." Speeches Uncut, 30 Sep. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2952356/.

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@misc{busch2026_2952356,
  author       = {Roland Busch},
  title        = {LIVE: Merz, Sewing and Busch Hold Press Conference on German Economic Growth | AC113},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, Speeches Uncut. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {sep},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2952356/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}