8
Oct
2024
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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. Low range, few charging stations, high electricity price. No problem for the green do-gooder, as long as the state has promoted the purchase of an electric car with a chic premium. This redistributive insanity has already cost taxpayers in Germany many billions of euros. But then the highest German court came and stopped this so-called environmental premium. And lo and behold: Suddenly, no one wants electric cars anymore. loud Manager magazine With Volkswagen, the largest European car manufacturer wants to cut 30,000 jobs. The alarm bells must be ringing all over Europe. But instead of a commitment to the social market economy, the EU Commission can think of nothing better than to provoke a trade war with China by imposing tariffs on electric cars. This insanity must be firmly opposed by us as Parliament. Green children's book authors such as the German Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck drive our economy unchecked against the wall with their left hands. We must therefore end this horror story and instead continue the success story of the combustion engine. Let's slow down the Greens so that the European automotive industry can finally return to the fast lane!