{"id":371677,"date":"2025-03-24T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=371677"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:28:34","slug":"german-industry-fleeing-high-energy-prices-costs-and-bureaucracy-in-record-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=371677","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0German Industry Fleeing High Energy Prices, Costs and Bureaucracy in Record Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NoTrickZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soaring energy prices\u2026 regulations\u202635% of German companies say country is too hostile to business. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackout News here reports<\/a> on how a growing number of German industrial companies are relocating their production abroad, driven by soaring energy costs, stifling bureaucracy, and an increasing tax burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Germany gets greener, more companies are shuttering, moving out. Grok AI image.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A recent survey by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) reveals that a staggering 35 percent of companies now cite cost reduction as the primary motivation for their foreign investments \u2013 the highest such figure since the 2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s worrisome news for the country, which recently voted for a change in recent national elections. However, chancellor candidate and election winner Friedrich Merz has since broken his major campaign promises and instead will pledge to further accelerate the destructive green policies and to pile on debt like never before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German companies looking for business-friendlier environments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DIHK reports that the traditional driver of tapping into new markets abroad now accounts for just 30 percent, and that instead the focus has sharply shifted towards securing economic advantages in locations with more favorable cost structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little hope of reform<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy-intensive industries are particularly feeling the pinch, facing intensified international competition that is accelerating the trend of relocation. Although ongoing coalition negotiations between the CDU, CSU, and SPD are grappling with ways to reduce electricity taxes and halving grid fees, companies are skeptical these steps will stem the hemorrhaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIHK President Peter Adrian has called for \u201cmore freedom, lower costs and faster administrative action\u201d to restore Germany\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany\u2019s business attractiveness as an investment destination is demonstrably declining and has reached a critical juncture. Domestic investment is weak with two out of five industrial companies planning to scale back their investments within Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merz breaks all his major campaign promises<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without swift and comprehensive reforms, the long-term competitiveness of Germany as a business location faces a significant threat, potentially leading to a further exodus of its vital industrial base, warns Blackout News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Germany\u2019s CDU party led by Friedrich Merz negotiates with the SPD socialists on forming a new government, early signals are showing that things are going to get a lot worse instead of better as Merz breaks his campaign promises. In a recent survey<\/a>, almost 75% of respondents feel they got duped by Merz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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