The industrial electricity price must come - and quickly. The Steel and Metal Processing Trade Association WSM (Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e. V.) agrees with IG Metall on this point. But it must come for everyone, the association stressed on the trade unions' day of action for affordable industrial electricity. "Those who restrict the politically controlled electricity price to 'energy-intensive companies' are thinking too short. This will not be able to prevent the feared migration and job losses across the board," emphasized WSM CEO Christian Vietmeyer.
"So many companies are already at the limit, many are living off their substance," Vietmeyer emphasizes. The impending consequences of the financial overload are becoming more visible every day: less scope for investment, lack of funds for transformation, reduced competitiveness. This makes it all the more important for the electricity price to be capped quickly and in a politically controlled manner that takes all industrial companies with it.