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Well, that's what happens when all those who have been warning for 20 years about the German car industry's dependence on a few politically sensitive suppliers have always been pushed aside as naysayers. Yield, yield, yield - that was the keyword. (See the debate on rare earths around 2007)
Now we have the salad. And I'm not sure if it's bad enough for German industry, in cooperation with European politicians, to fundamentally improve its position. At the moment, all the news sounds like desperate attempts to get rid of the problems without changing anything.
The main thing is that pensions are safe...
Now we have the salad. And I'm not sure if it's bad enough for German industry, in cooperation with European politicians, to fundamentally improve its position. At the moment, all the news sounds like desperate attempts to get rid of the problems without changing anything.
The main thing is that pensions are safe...
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@Epi But this generally applies to many industries... not just the automotive sector
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@Part_Time_Joe Of course! The dependence of the chemical industry on Russian gas is another issue. And the defense of the USA is another. At the moment, the next dependency is being built up in AI.
Europe is naked in most key industries. The competition is happy and is taking over market shares.
By disinvesting in the education sector, Europe is now also giving up its last trump card: its ability to innovate. We would rather import "qualified specialists" and make ourselves dependent on foreign education policies. 🤷
Europe is naked in most key industries. The competition is happy and is taking over market shares.
By disinvesting in the education sector, Europe is now also giving up its last trump card: its ability to innovate. We would rather import "qualified specialists" and make ourselves dependent on foreign education policies. 🤷
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•@Epi If you look at it all, you could almost get the impression that there is simply no overarching strategy - no wonder, given the "experts" running around at European and federal level.
China has its 10-year plan and Trump also has clear ideas about the future (whether you like them or not). For us, the principle of hope seems to prevail.
Setbacks are sold as progress and the population celebrates it (e.g. CO2 reduction is mainly due to the decline in industrial production). BASF no longer produces in Germany, but soon in the largest plant next to Ludwigshafen - precisely in China.
Well then. There's no point getting worked up about it.
China has its 10-year plan and Trump also has clear ideas about the future (whether you like them or not). For us, the principle of hope seems to prevail.
Setbacks are sold as progress and the population celebrates it (e.g. CO2 reduction is mainly due to the decline in industrial production). BASF no longer produces in Germany, but soon in the largest plant next to Ludwigshafen - precisely in China.
Well then. There's no point getting worked up about it.
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@Part_Time_Joe The de facto overriding goal of the Europeans seems to be: Everything should stay as it is, nobody should have to change.
The strategy for achieving this goal is a mixture of conservatism and ad hoc panic actionism.
There is really no need to get upset about this. Rather, we should try to find our way around it or, better still, benefit from it.
The strategy for achieving this goal is a mixture of conservatism and ad hoc panic actionism.
There is really no need to get upset about this. Rather, we should try to find our way around it or, better still, benefit from it.
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