Germany news: Berlin conference seeks to drum up investment
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The "Invest in Germany Summit" is set to kick off in Berlin as the government looks to fill gaps in public funding. DW has more.
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This is a roundup of the stories from and about Germany that are hitting the headlines on Monday, October 19, 2026: Tired of missing our real-time updates?
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Click here to add us as a Preferred Source on Google. Then tap the "Star" or "Preferred" to keep DW News at the top of your feed. Less than a third of leadership positions in Germany are held by women, a lower level than the EU average, statistics released on Monday showed.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), citing figures from the EU statistics authority Eurostat, women held just 30.3% of leadership positions in Germany, compared with 35.9% in the whole of the EU.
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Only Cyprus, Italy and the Netherlands have lower rates than Germany in the bloc, while Sweden has the highest, at 44.4%, followed by Latvia, Estonia and Poland.
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"The low proportion of women in leadership positions in Germany is particularly striking, as almost as many women as men are employed here," Destatis said, comparing the situation with Italy, which has almost the same level of female leadership but a much lower rate of female employment overall.
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Destatis defines leadership positions as those involving the management of small companies, the management of large companies or departments within them and high administrative posts.
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A two-day conference entitled "Invest in Germany Summit" is to begin on Monday evening in Berlin as the government seeks to shore up public-sector spending with private money.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz will deliver the opening speech at the conference, which will be attended by an expected 200 representatives from large German and international companies.
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The CEO of the US chip manufacturer Nvidia, Jensen Huang, is to be one of the key guests at the conference.
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The German government is looking to cooperate strongly with the company, whose products are central to the boom in artificial intelligence, in a bid to help Germany catch up in the sector.
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The German Economic Institute (IW) has, however, warned against any too high expectations from the summit, saying that high costs for labor, energy and bureaucracy in Germany were a deterrent to investment in the country.
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"It would be naive to believe that the summit will change that in the short term.
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Companies don't choose Germany because of a promotional event. What matters is whether they can make money here," IW director Michael Hüther told the DPA news agency. He said it would be more effective if the government were to swiftly implement its reform agenda.
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A study by Allianz Research has shown that investment in Germany fell by 6.4% between 2019 and 2025, while it grew by 6.7% in the rest of the eurozone and a whole 20.2% in the US.
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The DW newsroom in Bonn bids guten Tag to all its faithful readers at the start of a new week!
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Today, we will be looking at a conference in Berlin that will seek to attract private investment in Germany to help make the country fit for the future, with the field of artificial intelligence a key focus.
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New statistics are also to be released on Monday on women in leadership and government positions in Germany and the EU in 2025.
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And the Leipzig/Halle airport has resumed normal operations after a security incident involving a breached fence triggered a large-scale police operation.
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This occurred just weeks after an explosives-laden drone that German officials believe was intended to carry out an attack on behalf of Russia was found at the airport.
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Read on for more on these and other stories connected with all things German.
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