Lobbyism: who pulls the strings in Germany

Lobby group events with politicians always take place behind closed doors. What is being decided? The lobby group “The Family Entrepreneurs” met this week for the Family Entrepreneurs Days in Berlin. Also present: Minister of Finance Christian Lindner (FDP). This exchange goes past the general public, it takes place behind closed doors there and how independent is the politics of lobbying associations like this?What is behind these associations, how much power do they have?These questions are discussed by moderator Lisa Fritsch with t-online editor-in-chief Florian Harms and business editor Frederike Holewik in the podcast.Listen here in the player straight in:Here you can listen to the episode on Spotify.In the interview, Frederike Holewik also gives a look behind the scenes of a lobby association.She knows the scene and used to work for the Economic Council of the CDU.The “Daybreak at the weekend” podcast appears on Spotify , Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and everywhere else that has podcasts, subscribe there if you don’t want to miss an episode. On Saturdays it is included in the Tagesanbruch newsletter. Last weekend’s podcast episode was about the nuclear phase-out and the question of whether that was really the right decision at this point in time. You can listen to this episode here.