When German voters go to the ballots on Sunday, the fate of companies such as Skw Piesteritz will be at the minds of the minds. Last year, the chemical factory halved the annual Christmas bonus for workers last year, and just closed one of his two ammonia.
They say that they call high energy costs and excessive German regulations, managers can be forced to transfer production abroad. This will endanger a small community of Lutherstadt Wittenberg in the economic depressed eastern region of the country, which is affected by the company's retreat, 10,000 jobs in 10,000 jobs.
“This is a disaster,” said Torsten, the local mayor.
The German election is in danger of a threat to the Atlantic Union, which is presented by the president Trump, as partly immigration. According to interviews and surveys, something in the German life in everyday German life, is an anemic economy of the nation, which manages extreme concerns and selection of voters.
Workers, employees and politicians should also act quickly to repair the country's patient's industrial sector of the next German views, or move to the risk of economic and political disaster for years.
The German competitiveness, for a long time, “It was never as bad as it was,” said the chairman of the Board of Products as Products and Diesel Engines Petr Cingr.
German economy I have not grown in five years. Once strong industries suffer because corporate and labor leaders call the competitiveness crisis. Structural problems, including community infrastructure, infection from bridges and roads; Lack of high-speed broadband networks; State services that are still working with paper were dragged to grow. Thus, there are rules, tax rates and especially high energy costs.
Russia has trucked energy prices when attacking Ukraine in 2022 in 2022. The company's leaders have further increased the problem of Berlin and Brussels, designed to reduce fossil fuel waste and reduce combat climate change.
The tariffs of competition, which can produce cheaper machinery and other industries than German companies, and the tariffs from the United States have put pressure on the German industry.
The world's largest chemical company BASF has already begun to close and produce its factories in Germany to China and the United States.
SKW is afraid that it can be next.
“If this is also a permanent loss transaction, we can not exclude the possibility of part of production to France and Austria,” said Carsten Franzke, the company of the company.
All of the leading candidates for Chancellor has the promise changes. Olaf Scholz, the current Chancellor from the Social Democrats, promised to increase the government's expenses in the target industry. The placards in the country founded it as a candidate for “made in Germany.”
Some Scholz, Friedrich Merz of Christian DemocratsHe promised to promise to adjust – set up newly advanced nuclear source reactors in proposals to reduce taxes, including some climate goals and lower energy costs.
“Germany remained in stagnation,” said Robert Habeck, the Chancellor, the Chancellor, the Minister of Economy and Greens, said last month.
All economic news is not a grim. Traditional industries such as German auto production, have seen the service sector expand in recent years in the country. This Unemployment rate is low, 3.2 percentAnd some economists show that the country has previously experienced industrial downs and landings.
“Germany has repeatedly has the stages of Deindustrialization,” said Marseill Fratzscher, President of the German Institute of Economic Research Marseel Fratzscher. In the 1970s and the electronics industry, he pointed to the disappearance industry. “It was difficult for affected companies and employees, but Germany has strengthened in other sectors,” he said.
Skw operates in many European countries. However, the company, which has been in the Elbe River since its since 1993, is aimed at raising their products to meet the needs of local farmers.
“We live with Germany and Europe,” said Mr Frantzke.
Lutherstadt Wittenburg, now, lives with Skw and dies. In addition to the tax bill, the company opened the Care and Medical Center for the public. Did not make money for playgrounds, sports teams and local events. Territorial firefighters train with fire brigade in the factory. The company is sponsored by the local high school Prom.
This year has stopped new donations and the lack of profit means that it will not pay local business taxes. City officials say they need to reduce the sport and culture to balance the budget this year.
If the SKW is transferred, there is no other industry to replace it, Mr Zugahör, said the mayor. Many of the very educated, highly qualified workers and families will be allocated, and in the last three decades, the region has been working to create a charming living standards.
“We will not be able to replace damage,” he said.
One of those who risk the risk of separation would find a good job from the Rhineland region from the western region of Rhineland, which would find a good job and see more opportunities to build a life here. He found a job in SKW and became a plant operator and a diffristrian drift manager.
It was a spending company in the next two or three decades, but he is afraid that he could not be longer.
Although Coch recently purchased his first house, he said he could make an unexpected landing in the Christmas bonus last year. But everyone was not so lucky.
“I know that I know some people who calculate loans related to bonus payments,” he said. “These people are worried more. And it all depends on politics.”
Many companies, including SKW, are increasing the costs and losses of government directives, especially until 2045, Germany's carbon neutral and hopes to give a new government to reach carbon neutrality, including Using technologies, the government was not a champion.
He asked about his future government, Mr. Franzke praised the Christian Democrats. Last week the campaign rally was in his way to manually present a letter in person with industrial recommendations for the economy for Mr Merz.
“We hope that in general, this competition will reveal itself in Germany,” Mr. Franzke said.
Mr Koch was also hopeful, but he was sold less in Mr. Merz. A few days before the election, he said that which side still did not decide to return.
“It's hard,” he said. “It's really hard.”