The Exploratory Paper: The Automobile Industry is a Leading Industry and Should Be Supported - new buy Premium for Electric Cars Expected. Aumann as a Beneficiary?

The CDU/CSU and SPD have completed their exploratory talks and are moving on to coalition negotiations. The parties' exploratory paper contains some exciting details. The German economy is to be made competitive so that Germany remains a strong industrial nation, it states. Energy costs are to be reduced. Furthermore, the automobile industry is to be preserved "as a leading industry." There is an emphasis on technological openness, penalties for fleet limits are to be warded off, and purchase incentives for electric vehicles are to be created. For...