
Merz To Lead Emergency Talks on German Auto Industry
The crisis facing German automakers: declining sales, rising competition from Chinese-made EVs, and uncertainty over EU combustion-engine ban in 2035.

The crisis facing German automakers: declining sales, rising competition from Chinese-made EVs, and uncertainty over EU combustion-engine ban in 2035.

Dependency on Asia for batteries, high manufacturing costs, and U.S. tariffs are contributing to the automotive industry’s difficulties.

While the German car industry suffers, Hungary may be able to reap the benefits of the age of e-mobility.

Even pro-Brussels figures are concerned by the increasing speed of the EU’s damaging net zero drive.

“This three-year moratorium will do absolutely nothing, apart from highlighting the failure of industrial policies based on the idea of de-growth,” Patriots chairman Jordan Bardella said.
Trump tariffs have further exposed Labour’s destructive deadline for a ban on petrol and diesel vehicles.