It is also absurd, that this is against the interest of the economy and over the past two years the FDP government has taken more and more of a position hostile to the economy as a whole.

We need "reshoring" of industries. In the past the EU managed to leverage its market powers to create standards, that were adopted globally as a result. Both things are giving companies a global advantage as early adopters and by allowing to get parts of the supply chain back into Europe, that before they had offshored because of a pure cost competition.

The whole thing will help the European economy in the long run. Also we now see with the German car industry and fossil fuel dependance what happens if regulatory frameworks are not improved and companies are not demanded to improve. They'll get chewn out by global competition.

On the national level they are currently also harming the economy in Germany by upholding austerity measures instead of investing into the countries infrastructure. But fucking over the poor people, and helping the fascists to rise into power on this way is more appealing than helping the economy and technological development.