In Berlin
Faced with the coronavirus crisis, the good old recipes, such as the scrappage bonus, are proving obsolete. A consensus seems to be emerging in Germany to find a more innovative aid program to revive a car market that has run out of fuel. In April, the latter fell 61% over a year: only 120,840 new cars were registered, according to the federal agency KBA. That is a third less than during the worst month of the 2009 crisis. At the time, the government had offered a check for 2,500 euros for the purchase of any new vehicle to replace a model of at least 9 years of age. In two months, the envelope of 1.5 billion euros had been consumed, forcing the public authorities to an extension of 2 billion.
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"This program will not be renewed," warned Minister of Ecology Svenja Schulze before the Bundestag. On April 9, the auto industry debated in the presence of Angela Merkel of a new plan whose first conclusions should be known
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