Bundesbank: Translate Europe’s Strength Into Sustainable Economic Growth

Sabine Mauderer (Deutsche Bundesbank) delivered a speech at the Bundesbank annual reception urging faster deployment of energy infrastructure and deeper capital markets to translate Europe’s strengths into growth.

• Main action: Mauderer called for accelerated expansion of renewable energy, modernisation of electricity grids, better storage solutions, and a more developed capital market to mobilise long-term funding for companies and start-ups; she illustrated the need with concrete figures (e.g., energy import dependency: EU 57%, Germany 67%; example investment: SoftBank up to €75 billion in France for AI data centers).
• Background and details: The speech (Jahresempfang, 24 June 2026, Hamburg) presented recent economic datapoints: Germany GDP 2025 +0.2%, quarterly growth Q1 2026 +0.3%, market value of European tech firms that left since 2014 ≈ €1,200 billion, private household financial assets in Germany > €9 trillion, and referenced recent ECB action: June 2026 rate hike of 25 basis points.