News Digest Item
13 Jul 2016

“He who pulls the cart”

Die Welt

Germany's coalition government of Christian and Social Democrats has neglected topics important to German industry, writes Ulrich Grillo, president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), in a guest commentary for Die Welt. Among other examples, Grillo says energy transition policy has unsettled some energy-intensive businesses. “Since the beginning of the millennium, there is a distinct measurable trend of divestment from energy-intensive sectors like steel or chemicals,” writes Grillo.

Read the guest commentary in German here.

For more information read the CLEW dossiers German industry and its competitive edge in times of the Energiewende and The energy transition's effect on jobs and business.

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