News › After the state elec­tions – Opto­Net e.V. calls for govern­ment to be for­med quickly

Jena, Sep­tem­ber 5, 2024 – The Opto­Net e.V. clus­ter asso­cia­tion, which repres­ents the Thu­rin­gian pho­to­nics indus­try, is cal­ling for the swift for­ma­tion of a coali­tion and govern­ment a few days after the state elections.
»After a long and some­ti­mes pola­ri­zing elec­tion cam­paign, Thu­rin­gia needs respon­si­ble par­ties to agree on a govern­ment capa­ble of acting as quickly as pos­si­ble and then agree on con­s­truc­tive poli­cies on the topics of busi­ness and busi­ness deve­lo­p­ment, edu­ca­tion, skil­led workers and digi­ta­liza­tion,« empha­si­zes Dr Jörg Wag­ner, Chair­man of the Board of Opto­Net e.V.

Dr. Jörg Wagner
In view of the tense eco­no­mic situa­tion in many com­pa­nies, the asso­cia­tion is cal­ling for quick decis­i­ons in order to create sta­ble con­di­ti­ons and ensure relia­ble frame­work con­di­ti­ons for investments.
The pho­to­nics indus­try, which makes a signi­fi­cant con­tri­bu­tion to Thuringia’s eco­no­mic strength with around 200 com­pa­nies and just under 20,000 employees, has a great inte­rest in effec­tive poli­ti­cal contacts. 
»The pri­mary goal for the next five years must be to drive for­ward the indus­trial trans­for­ma­tion and at the same time ensure inter­na­tio­nal com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness,« explains Dr. Wagner.
Spe­cial atten­tion must be paid to com­ba­ting the shortage of skil­led workers, which is hit­ting Thu­rin­gia par­ti­cu­larly hard due to demo­gra­phic change. 
The recruit­ment of inter­na­tio­nal spe­cia­lists and an open-min­ded cli­mate remain of cen­tral importance for Opto­Net e.V. and the com­pa­nies and rese­arch insti­tu­ti­ons in the industry.
The pho­to­nics indus­try is the­r­e­fore fully com­mit­ted to the goals of open­ness to the world and sees its­elf as a com­mit­ted part­ner of the new state govern­ment in order to jointly pro­vide posi­tive impe­tus for the future of Bavaria. 

September 5th, 2024

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