Things are not looking bright for the European auto sector next year. According to the umbrella organization CLEPA, a huge number of jobs are being lost.
The corona crisis is putting a huge strain on the automotive industry. Sales fell enormously in this year and production was largely impossible or only partly possible. Even though the sales figures were not very good before the crisis. Various brands have already announced that there is no other option than to cut back and that of course also costs a lot of jobs.
For the entire sector, it is about another 100,000 jobs that will be lost next year, expected CLEPA. The actual number may be even higher. We are not only talking about jobs with the car manufacturers themselves, but also with suppliers. The latter would account for roughly half of the total job loss.
Job losses are not only unfavorable for the people in question, but of course also for the economy. According to CLEPA, it is therefore very important that European governments respond adequately to this to prevent as much suffering as possible: “We call on policymakers to work with us so that the industry can be preserved,” said Secretary General Sigrid de Vries from CLEPA in conversation with BNR News Radio.