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PRESS STATEMENT Industrial electricity price: EU Commission gives the green light

Jürgen Kerner, Vice President of IG Metall: Act quickly and decisively now!

IG Metall, Mainforum, Gebäude, Fahnen

25 June 2025 25 June 2025


“Today’s decision by the EU Commission is good news for workers in our industrial plants. This removes the last major legal hurdle on the path to a competitive industrial electricity price for companies in Germany. Now the federal government must act quickly and decisively. We cannot afford to lose any more time.

Companies in energy-intensive industries, in particular, are in some cases with their backs against the wall. Tens of thousands of jobs are at risk. An internationally competitive industrial electricity price is already crucial today for an industrialized country like Germany. It will become even more important in the future, because in a climate-neutral economy, green electricity will replace many fossil fuels. The transformation of industry must not come at the expense of jobs. That is why the industrial electricity price must be implemented now.”

 

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