Germany failed to equip its new EV subsidy scheme with buy-EU/buy-ally clauses.
As VW announces a 100.00 layoffs, I doubt Berlin would make the same mistake today — just 4 months later.
So it seems like a good moment to re-up Lucas, Nils and my blueprint for a harmonised EU EV industrial policy.
@sandertordoir.bsky.socialIn case you missed it, this was one of the proposals @nilsredeker.bsky.social @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social and I made how to Europeanise EV industrial policy.
Most European economists I heard from agreed with this as a way forward - we seem to have balanced red lines.
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How buy-European rules can help save Europe's car industry
Europe's car industry faces an acute demand shock from Chinese overcapacity & US tariffs. Instead of bailouts & regulatory rollbacks, member-states should co-ordinate buy-European EV subsidie...
