PRESS STATEMENT The Concerted Action on Mobility can look back on a thoroughly successful interim assessment

“The Concerted Action on Mobility can look back on a thoroughly successful interim assessment. Implementation of the measures agreed upon in the economic stimulus package and by the KAM has begun; we now need to really pick up the pace here.

However, continuing shortcomings are also evident, such as the sluggish expansion of the charging infrastructure. The new European climate targets also pose an additional challenge. Therefore, the KAM’s work here and now is far from over.

The final report on the Automotive Future Fund presented today by the expert commission contains important proposals. Among them, at the urging of IG Metall, is support for regional transformation networks. From the employees’ perspective, it is in the regions that the success or failure of the transformation—and whether it leads to job losses and a decline in prosperity—will be decided. Effective regional industrial and structural policies are therefore needed. The concept of regional transformation networks within the framework of the Automotive Future Fund must now be implemented quickly and sustainably. The first regions are ready—including Saarland, South Westphalia, and Southeast Lower Saxony—with others to follow.”