First of all, let me warmly congratulate you on the 25th anniversary of Wirtschaftsinitiative. Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the great son of Frankfurt, once famously said: „Was nicht vorwärts gehen kann, das schreitet zurück.“ Today, as we exit the pandemic, we are finding a world much changed. The trend towards digitalisation has sped up hugely. Demand is shifting towards new activities and sectors. A faster green transition has become an imperative. So Europe must move forward to avoid going backwards. And it can – in large part thanks to the dynamism and diversity of its metropolitan regions. European regions – like F ... (full story)