01 June 2023, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Thomas Mang (l-r), President of the Savings Banks Association of Lower Saxony, Friedrich Merz, Federal Chairman of the CDU, and Helmut Schleweis, President of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association (DSGV), at the German Savings Banks Day. Among other things, the topics of inflation, the war in Ukraine and the expansion of renewable energies are in the foreground at the Savings Banks Day. Photo: Michael Matthey/dpa