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Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the BILD newspaper repeatedly displays a bankruptcy clock between articles. He urged the newspaper to give it a fixed, prominent place on the homepage so that the public can recognize the pace at which Germany, in his view, is losing industrial substance, companies, and jobs. However, he added that a daily overview of bankruptcies, plant closures, and mass layoffs could significantly unsettle large parts of the population. https://t.co/mdgs0cohwi #Deutschland #Insolvenzen #Wirtschaft (translated)

Regina Laska wrote that CDA chairman Dennis Radtke (CDU) referred to Gerhard Schröder's recent appearance in Moscow in the Tagesspiegel as a "case of moral bankruptcy" and called on the SPD to expel the former chancellor from the party. Laska agreed with him. Schröder was too ill to testify before a parliamentary inquiry but fit enough to celebrate Vladimir Putin's birthday in Moscow and accept a new supervisory board position in Russia. According to Laska, the SPD state chairpersons in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are now also demanding a new expulsion procedure. The SPD district of Upper Palatinate voted unanimously in favor of it on Saturday. Schleswig-Holstein's SPD leader Ulf Kämpfer stated that the paths of the party and Schröder had parted ways many years ago. Laska asked why Schröder was still a member of the SPD. Previous expulsion procedures had failed in 2022 and 2023. It is not only about Schröder's differing stance on Russia policy, Laska wrote, but also about his demonstrative loyalty to Putin, who has been waging a war of annihilation against Ukraine for more than four and a half years. She also pointed out that SPD foreign policy expert Ralf Stegner had praised Schröder's visit to Putin. Pierre Orthen, chairman of the SPD local club in Baden-Württemberg's Leutenbach, publicly questioned whether this was in line with the responsibilities of a member of the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee. Laska wrote that Stegner had held talks with Kremlin-affiliated representatives in Baku in April 2025. It apparently concerned the future of the Petersburg Dialogue, which Schröder co-founded with Putin in 2001. In June 2026, Stegner was said to have praised Schröder's connection to Putin; now he had attended Putin's birthday party. Laska asked what these contacts had achieved for peace in Ukraine and wrote that anyone justifying such talks as efforts for peace must also be able to explain what they had accomplished. #Schröder #Ukraine #SPD (translated)

About 140 potential investors were contacted. Of those, 10 had a strong interest. As a result, however, all declined. Lambrecht: "About 140 potential investors were contacted. Of those, 10 had a strong interest. As a result, however, all declined." #Insolvenz #Gießerei #Industriegeschichte (translated)

The German solar pioneer Next2Sun has filed for insolvency for two of its companies due to financing problems, despite the company having previously experienced strong growth and assuming support from government funding for agrivoltaic technology. #Solarenergie #Insolvenz #AgriPV (translated)

GFrei.News wrote that Trump ordered three million tons of cheap diesel from Putin to relieve the US fuel market. Trump had previously been on the path to making the USA safer and more prosperous, improving the country overall. Due to his great success, he had been persuaded into an "Iran adventure," which led to renewed war, diminished morale, and a decline in his global approval. At the same time, the increased fuel costs due to high oil prices had eroded the price advantages. Now Trump has changed course and purchased large quantities of cheap diesel from Russia, GFrei.News wrote. Three million tons corresponded to the entire consumption of the USA in a week and would significantly relieve the market. Meanwhile, his own representatives were taking turns in Ukraine to pursue joint projects with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, each taking billions in taxpayer money. Meanwhile, the domestic economy was close to zero growth and facing bankruptcies, it was further stated. #Trump #Diesel #Russland (translated)

The battery company Varta Consumer Batteries has saved 990 jobs in Dischingen after a bankruptcy and plans an annual revenue growth of three to four percent by 2029 through investments and expansion into international markets. #Batterieproduktion #Jobsicherheit #Varta (translated)

The author wrote that every 19 minutes a company goes bankrupt. Since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 15,000 business failures, 6.9 percent more than in 2025. He attributed the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises to energy prices, bureaucracy, and taxes, and accused Merz of inaction. Only the AfD would change something about it, he declared. https://t.co/OYOj9EmMiO #Insolvenz #Mittelstand #Wirtschaft #DE (translated)

The small upturn is also threatened to be short-lived, as it is predominantly based on high debt-financed government spending. Mid-sized enterprise expert Marc Evers from the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) warns: "The small upturn is also threatened to be short-lived, as it is predominantly based on high debt-financed government spending." #Insolvenzen #Wirtschaftskrise #Arbeitsplätze (translated)

In Germany, there is currently a worrying wave of bankruptcies, with a company becoming insolvent every 19 minutes, which led to an increase in corporate bankruptcies of eight percent in July compared to the previous year, with around 15,185 insolvencies alone in the first seven months of the year. #Insolvenzen #Wirtschaftskrise #Arbeitsplätze (translated)