Abstract
The fundamental challenges that Germany is facing – increasing productivity, combining the transformation to climate neutrality with economic growth, making the economy more resilient – cannot be tackled in large part without Europe. This is in the nature of things: resilience and security of supply cannot be achieved nationally, and reducing emissions is a global task. In addition, key levers are within the EU’s mandate. The new German government should therefore make European economic policy a top priority. German economic policy should take a more European approach.