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- BDI cut its 2026 German industry growth forecast to 0.4% because of rising cost pressures and geopolitical risks.
- President Peter Leibinger announced the downgrade in Berlin and urged the government to act decisively.
- Leibinger blamed high energy prices, taxes, labour costs and bureaucracy for straining German industry.
- He called for a reform package that lowers corporate taxes, improves depreciation rules, boosts innovation incentives and speeds planning approvals.
