German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing and Siemens CEO Roland Busch speak to reporters in Berlin on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, about economic growth and competitiveness.
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What Roland Busch said
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Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens, spoke at a news event on September 30, 2026, about Germany's economic reforms and competitiveness. He emphasized that pension reform is a key component to free up domestic savings for investment, expressing optimism it will happen. Busch noted that Siemens took office a year ago to support the government's goal of returning Germany to growth mode, and he explicitly supports the reform course. He argued that Germany has a once-in-a-century opportunity with industrial AI, leveraging its data and domain knowledge, but must reduce regulation, create better framework conditions, and accelerate. He stressed the importance of education and training, saying everyone must be on board, and acknowledged the path is not easy but worthwhile to restore Germany's competitiveness.
Key takeaways
Germany has a once-in-a-century opportunity with industrial AI to compete at the forefront of new technologies.
Siemens explicitly supports the government's reform course to bring Germany back into growth mode.
Germany must regulate less and create the right framework conditions to increase price competitiveness.
Looking at the reforms, and alongside these reforms — or perhaps a key component of them — is the pension reform. That is exactly what we need in order to bring more financing room from our own savings into our investments. So perhaps the most important reform that lies ahead of us, but after today I am very positive that this is exactly what will happen.
Yes, we took office a year ago, as Christian said, to support the government in bringing Germany back into growth mode. In this context we explicitly support the course of the reforms that you are pursuing. Only in this way can we build a Germany that gets back into growth mode and increases its competitiveness. And that includes innovation. With industrial AI, Germany has a once-in-a-century opportunity to compete at the forefront again when it comes to new technologies. Industrial AI needs data, it needs domain knowledge — all of that is available in Germany. We also have to make sure that we regulate less, create the right framework conditions, and pick up speed. That is how we increase Germany's price competitiveness and compete at the forefront again. Of course, that also includes education and 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. Thank you.
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APA
Busch, R. (2026, September 30). LIVE: Merz, Deutsche Bank and Siemens CEOs Speak on Economic Growth and Competitiveness | AC1Z [Interview transcript]. News Central. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2966741/
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Roland Busch. "LIVE: Merz, Deutsche Bank and Siemens CEOs Speak on Economic Growth and Competitiveness | AC1Z." News Central, 30 Sep. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2966741/.
BibTeX
@misc{busch2026_2966741,
author = {Roland Busch},
title = {LIVE: Merz, Deutsche Bank and Siemens CEOs Speak on Economic Growth and Competitiveness | AC1Z},
howpublished = {Interview transcript, News Central. CEOInterviews.AI},
year = {2026},
month = {sep},
url = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/2966741/},
note = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}
