Statement by EES President Dr Ingo Friedrich, November 6th, 2024

Trump Is Coming – What Now Needs to Be Done

To the horror of many Leftists and Greens, the unthinkable has happened: The new US president is called Trump and not Harris.

Now the need is great! However, a sober analysis of the new situation comes to the following conclusions:

There is a global shift to the right from North and South America (Argentina) to Europe and Japan that has virtually replaced left/green dominance in the Western world. Apparently, the whole development of gendering, woke, queer, including the climate gluers, the new “colorful” society and the welcoming culture for too many migrants as well as the ban on combustion engines, was “frustrating” to most people. At least this trend is happening far too quickly for them and these projects are obviously not financeable and are strangling the economy and thus the prosperity of our country.

Once again it shows that left-wing politicians have problems dealing with tax money: Whenever Social Democrats are in government, the money runs out. The only social democrat who had the courage to serve the common good against the party's opinion was Gerhard Schröder with his Agenda 2010. Today's social democrat Hubertus Heil wanted to cure this "flaw" by replacing Schröder's agenda with a so-called Citizen's Money. In doing so, he caused an unparalleled disaster, even a new financial hole that runs in the billions with dramatic consequences for the entire state budget. The election of Trump will lead to an earlier change of government in Germany. In the best case scenario, there will be a new government made up of just two parties, namely a coalition of CDU/CSU and FDP.

Europe must now reposition itself completely: We must have the courage to equip the EU with everything that is necessary for a globally respected player, one could also say for a global “world power”. Of course, this includes our own powerful defense, a strategically designed common foreign policy, the immediate boost to the economy with lower energy costs, a rigorous reduction of bureaucracy (Supply Chain Law) and affordable taxes. Entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial initiatives must now be strongly supported. The fierce global competition no longer allows us to do any social good, whether we regret it or not.  In view of these global developments, we can forget all the talk about four-day weeks, earlier retirement and similar social benefits. We are facing stormy times and it is important to “tighten one’s helmet” and switch from fair weather to storm in time.