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Study on Technology Education in Schools - 18.02.2026
Technology must become a compulsory subject in all types of schools
Germany needs innovation, but technology education is too often lacking in schools. The VDMA is calling for technology to be made a compulsory subject in all types of school.
EU Pay Transparency Directive - 17.02.2026
"Pull the emergency brake and abolish the directive to protect SMEs"
The EU Pay Transparency Directive comes at an inopportune time. Small and medium-sized enterprises in particular are being unduly burdened with new reporting obligations. The German government must work hard to abolish this directive.
Labor market - 13.02.2026
"Downsizing is no longer a cyclical up and down"
Employment in the mechanical engineering sector fell by a good 2 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year. In addition to the global economic downturn, the location problems in Germany and Europe are a key driver.
On the report by the Commission of Experts - 11.02.2026
"Success of the High-Tech Agenda depends on medium-sized industrial companies"
Production technologies are crucial for the future of Germany as an industrial location. The government's high-tech agenda is pointing in the right direction, but joint industrial research is increasingly bleeding out.
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Bildunterschrift: Thilo Brodtmann, Hauptgeschäftsführer des VDMA - Lizenztyp: frei verfügbar, bitte Bildquelle angeben - Bildnachweis: VDMA | caption: Thilo Brodtmann, Executive Director of the VDMA - license type: freely available, please indicate image photo - credits: VDMA
Bildunterschrift: Thilo Brodtmann, Hauptgeschäftsführer des VDMA - Lizenztyp: frei verfügbar, bitte Bildquelle angeben - Bildnachweis: VDMA | caption: Thilo Brodtmann, Executive Director of the VDMA - license type: freely available, please indicate image photo - credits: VDMA
Bildunterschrift: Hartmut Rauen, stv. Hauptgeschäftsführer des VDMA - Lizenztyp: frei verfügbar, bitte Bildquelle angeben - Bildnachweis: VDMA | caption: Hartmut Rauen, Deputy Executive Director of the VDMA - license type: freely available, please indicate image photo - credits: VDMA
