Or as someone else put it: "If you want to understand German politics, you have to know that the German government is the political arm of the German car industry"
And here a reminder to the "Abwrackprämine" the scrappage program from 2009 to help the automotive industry through the last financial crisis. Different to the programs in other countries, the German scrappage program coincidentally didnt require the new car to meet any modern emission standards.
