Anyone who writes off Germany as a location is not seeing the whole picture

Anyone who writes off Germany as a location is not seeing the whole picture. Google is investing 5.5 billion euros in a data center in Dietzenbach, Hesse. Globalfoundries is investing 1.1 billion euros in the expansion of its Dresden chip factory. Uber wants to invest two billion euros in its German business. Saudi Arabia has just announced 40 billion euros in fresh money. Four investments worth billions, even before the “Invest in Germany” conference with international donors even begins in October.

That is the real message behind Chancellor Friedrich Merz's meeting with almost 70 CEOs of the “Made for Germany” initiative a few days ago. The world has no doubts about Germany's location.

Investors' checkbooks are still wide open. They are sure that Germany will overcome the crisis and, above all, they see the country's real strengths.

A triple-A rating, a unique science location, high-quality products, the high-tech forges of medium-sized companies, innovative start-ups – the list goes on. Anyone who gets away from the doomsday mood in the country can better understand when the Chancellor speaks of the “best investment location in the world”.