Electric Vehicles
France and Germany Are Hatching a Plan to Protect Europe’s E-Vehicle Makers
- Macron looks to enlist Scholz support for e-vehicles plan
- Berlin, Paris said in step on promoting national industries
An assembly line that makes electric and hybrid vehicles in at Flins-sur-Seine, France.
Photographer: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images
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French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to enlist German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s support for a new plan to help European auto makers compete with the US and China, after President Joseph Biden outlined heavy subsidies benefiting electric cars made in North America.
Though they’ve squabbled over defense and energy policies, Paris and Berlin agree that the European Union needs to do more to promote national industries, officials in both capitals said.