Overview

• Manager Magazin argues Germany is stuck in a nostalgia trap that slows reforms and dampens technological uptake.
• The analysis cites pension disputes, hostility toward electric vehicles, and the 2024 farmer protests in Berlin as emblematic flashpoints.
• A new report describes a PayPal series of operational failures that threatens the company’s planned relaunch.
• CEO Alex Chriss is presented as the executive charged with steering PayPal through the disruptions.
• The combined coverage frames a broader tension between the need to innovate and the social and operational headwinds that complicate progress.