“Hold your breath already!”
Die Zeit
A global transition in the transport sector is inevitable – “with our without German products” – and the German government should use the good economic situation to stimulate change in the relevant industries, writes Petra Pinzler in an opinion piece in Die Zeit. “If the jobs-argument is to be used against environmental regulation in the future, it would be better if those jobs still existed,” writes Pinzler.
For background read the CLEW dossiers The Energiewende and German carmakers and The energy transition's effect on jobs and business.
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