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Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V.

🇪🇺 GERMANYRegistered 29/02 staff
Disclosed budget
€26,860,598
Meetings 12mo
9
Policy files
3
Accredited passes
0

Recent meetings

DateCommissioner / CabinetTopicFile
06 May 2026
Laurence De Richemont
Head of Unit
Simplification, Better RegulationSRC
23 Mar 2026
Laura Bardone
Head of Unit
Exchange views on current priorities and assessments
23 Mar 2026
Laura Bardone
Head of Unit
Exchange views on current priorities and assessmentsSRC
23 Mar 2026
João Nogueira Martins
Acting Director
Exchange views on current priorities and assessments
23 Mar 2026
João Nogueira Martins
Acting Director
Exchange views on current priorities and assessmentsSRC
05 Nov 2025
Marco Chirullo
Acting Head of Unit
Presentation of the paper: “Yuan Undervaluation against the Euro: Unfair Cost Advantages for China?”
05 Nov 2025
Marco Chirullo
Acting Head of Unit
Presentation of the paper: “Yuan Undervaluation against the Euro: Unfair Cost Advantages for China?”SRC
26 Jun 2025
Eva Valle Lagares
Head of Unit
DE-China trade and economic relations
26 Jun 2025
Eva Valle Lagares
Head of Unit
DE-China trade and economic relationsSRC
02 Oct 2024
Sabine Weyand
Director-General
China + analyze of their studies paper.
02 Oct 2024
Sabine Weyand
Director-General
China + analyze of their studies paper.SRC
08 Mar 2022
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General
Look at challenges/opportunities for the future and links to investment - digital transition
08 Mar 2022
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General
Look at challenges/opportunities for the future and links to investment - digital transitionSRC
23 Oct 2020
Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General
Videoconference - Exchange of views on EU tax policies
23 Oct 2020
Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General
Videoconference - Exchange of views on EU tax policiesSRC
28 Jun 2018
Michael Hager
Cabinet member
MFF
28 Jun 2018
Michael Hager
Cabinet member
MFFSRC
28 Jun 2017
Ruth Paserman
Cabinet member
“Future of the European Monetary Union – how to deepen the Eurozone?”SRC
28 Jun 2017
Ruth Paserman
Cabinet member
“Future of the European Monetary Union – how to deepen the Eurozone?”
12 Apr 2017
Ann Mettler
Director-General
Future of Europe and Digitalisation
12 Apr 2017
Ann Mettler
Director-General
Future of Europe and DigitalisationSRC
02 Mar 2017
Günther Oettinger
Commissioner
EU budgetary issues, MFFSRC
02 Mar 2017
Günther Oettinger
Commissioner
EU budgetary issues, MFF
06 Sept 2016
Günther Oettinger
Commissioner
digitisation
06 Sept 2016
Valdis Dombrovskis
Vice-President
EU economic policy

Mission & Goals

The Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V. is a private German economic research institute. It seeks to support common views and objectives of the German business community through fact-based, policy-relevant, up-to-date and empirically and methodically sound research. The Institut is promoted by BDI and BDA, the German Business Representations. Its members are German industrial associations, which are directly or indirectly represented by BDI and BDA. The Institut stands up for a liberal economic system and acts as an advocate of the Social Market Economy. Its efforts are dedicated to the general public and politicians as well as to businesses and academia. It contributes to the policy debate through a combined approach of research, advice and communication and enhances insights of economic and social issues.

EU Legislative Interests

Industrial Deal, ETS, CBAM Competition policy, Competitiveness Sustainable reporting Trade policy, Internal market policy Circular Economy Action Plan

Communication Activities

- Regelmäßige, öffentliche Veranstaltungen und Diskussionsrunden zu den benannten Themenbereichen - eigene Publikationsreihen des IW zu verschiedenen wirtschaftspolitischen Themen und eigenen Forschungsergebnissen

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

https://www.iwkoeln.de/institut/netzwerke.html https://www.iwkoeln.de/institut/geschaeftsberichte/iw-geschaeftsdaten-2024u2025.html

Organisation Members

You can find a list of our members in our annual Report via https://www.iwkoeln.de/institut/geschaeftsberichte/iw-geschaeftsdaten-2024u2025.html

Additional Information

Das IW nutzt keine Intermediäre zur Vertretung seiner Interessen in Brüssel.

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