Overview

• IG Metall Bayern unveiled a demand package warning that roughly 10,000 jobs in the state’s auto sector are threatened by the e-mobility transition and shifting supply chains.
• The union says any delay or softening of the 2035 combustion sales restriction should prompt a rethink of announced job cuts and be tied to site loyalty and employment safeguards.
• BMW and Audi works council leaders back regulatory flexibility, emphasize significant investments in electrification, and say there is no return to pure combustion production.
• Works councils oppose EU penalty payments for CO2 target breaches, arguing funds should instead be directed into technologies and domestic and European sites.
• Proposals include stronger purchase incentives, cheaper charging power, support for the battery value chain, and EU Local-Content rules, with falling trade-tax revenues—such as Stuttgart’s drop from €1.6 billion in 2023 to €850 million in 2025—heightening urgency.