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Schleswig-Holstein: Battery Plant and Wind Power as Location Advantages in the Transformation
The industrial transformation offers Schleswig-Holstein great opportunities, according to economist Veronika Grimm. Due to the transition to climate neutrality, the advantages in energy production have indeed migrated to the north, Grimm explained on Tuesday in Kiel after a meeting with Economic Minister Claus Ruhe Madsen (CDU).
"I am currently quite excited about the opportunities that the state has," enthused Grimm.
The surplus of green electricity offers the potential for industrial settlements and growth, according to the economist from the Nuremberg Friedrich-Alexander University. The native of Schleswig-Holstein cited the calmness and positive attitude of the people as additional location advantages. In other federal states, the discussion is much more polarized.
"There are few acceptance problems, people talk relatively pragmatically with each other. It is obviously the case that it succeeds in integrating people and also demanding pragmatism from the population. There are fewer extremist tendencies in political opinion formation," the economist stated.
The state has a long history of openness to the world, as the region has always been open due to sea trade and there have been external influences, Grimm said. "These are all location conditions that can turn out extremely positive when it comes to economic change." But it also depends on what people make of it.
9,000 additional jobs through immigration
Grimm, Madsen, and Markus Biercher, the head of the Northern Regional Office of the Federal Employment Agency, emphasized the role of migrants and advocated for pragmatic approaches to integrating refugees into the labor market. Last year, in effect, 9,000 additional jobs subject to social security contributions were created in the North, said Biercher.
"This increase is solely due to immigrants."
Experts in Schleswig-Holstein expect a need for 180,000 additional skilled workers by 2035. Madsen advocated for more pragmatism in hiring foreign workers. Germany must become more flexible and enable companies to hire skilled workers even before completing a language course. The German-Dane referred to his own career path, stating that he primarily learned the German language through conversations with colleagues at work. The country needs an annual net immigration of between 10,000 and 13,000 qualified people to close the gap in the labor market.
"If we want to maintain our production potential in Germany, alongside increased employment among women and linking the retirement age to life expectancy, we need immigration of at least 1.5 million people per year," said Grimm.
The hiring of refugees often fails because employers are too demanding regarding the necessary language skills. Recent efforts in the North to quickly pave the way for employment for people with limited language skills are correct. Grimm is a member of the Federal Government's Advisory Council for assessing the overall economic situation.
Translated automatically from German.
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