Morning Briefing: Bahn-Chefin Palla bekommt Lob von Unternehmer Herrenknecht
Der Tunnelbau-Unternehmer findet lobende Worte für Bahnchefin Evelyn Palla. Von der Politik fordert Herrenknecht volle Rückendeckung für sie – die kann sie gut gebrauchen.
Good morning, esteemed readers. Business magnate Martin Herrenknecht, an 84-year-old individual, is not only capable of weather forecasts but also of showing appreciation. In an interview with our Baden-Württemberg correspondent Martin Buchenau, Herrenknecht praised Bahn-Chefin Evelyn Palla unreservedly. Simultaneously, the entrepreneur is wary of the potential for Palla's successful initiatives to be undermined by competing interests.
He warns that new Transport Minister Steffen Bilger should provide "full backing" for Palla. Palla may require this support, as the Deutsche Bahn recently admitted that only one in four trains arrived on time on the Berlin-Hamburg route after months of closures and a billion-euro overhaul. Bilger may have requested that DB executives' bonuses be tied to punctuality targets; however, what specific changes he envisions remain unclear, as this is already the case.
Herrenknecht opposes the successor to Bilger's predecessor as Transport Minister, arguing that Herrenknecht would not be Herrenknecht without criticism of the slow implementation of infrastructure projects in Germany.
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