Brussels – Slovenia is carefully following developments within the European automotive trade, which is going through difficulties, the State Secretary on the Slovenian Ministry of Financial Affairs Matevž Frangež mentioned upon arriving at a gathering of EU ministers accountable for competitiveness. He pressured that efforts should be made to strengthen Slovenia’s place within the automotive trade, wherein they’re speaking with varied stakeholders.
Based on Frangež, Slovenia had anticipated the European automotive trade to face structural challenges because of the arrival of recent applied sciences and new competitors. They’re monitoring the scenario on the market degree, key for Slovenia, and on the degree of key prospects of the Slovenian automotive trade, he mentioned.
He defined that the Slovenian state has already supported two strategic initiatives aimed on the transition of the automotive trade to electrical mobility. The primary is the GREMO (Inexperienced Mobility) mission, which the Slovenian automotive trade has established as a dedication to inexperienced and digital transformation by 2030. The second is the strategic intention signed in July with the Renault group to provide a brand new era of electrical Twingo on the Revoz manufacturing unit in Novo mesto, southeastern Slovenia.
“In fact, we have to ask ourselves how we’ll assist industries that can face a decline in orders in consequence,” the State Secretary additional emphasised.
He added that the ministry, as a part of enhanced communication with the European automotive ecosystem, Slovenian producers, and key nationwide establishments, is contemplating measures to strengthen Slovenia’s place within the automotive trade regardless of the most important transformation.
The ministerial assembly happened within the shadow of the issues of the European automotive sector, with the German big Volkswagen additionally troubled. Developments within the German automotive trade additionally strongly have an effect on the economies of many different members, together with Slovenia. (September 26)