SAP has decided to align itself with the US president’s executive order dated 21 January 2025 entitled ‘Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity’. Executive Order 14173 stipulates that civil rights should protect Americans from discrimination based on, for example, skin colour, religion or gender. However, the text states that, under the guise of diversity policy, violations are being committed that “undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and individual achievement”.
As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.