In view of a glut of solar modules from China, several German states have called for more support for domestic manufacturers. A ten-point plan adopted at the invitation of Saxony, for example, calls for better support for production and research. To this end, the EU's state aid law must be restructured and made less bureaucratic, it says. In addition, it is demanded to ban goods from forced labor quickly and to allow only solar products whose manufacturing conditions meet European quality standards and the goals of the European "Green Deal".
The industry needs the support of the federal government and the EU, emphasized Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU). Because the solar industry is important for the economic strength of Germany and Europe. "The goal is to ensure that development and value creation in this sector remain with us and do not permanently migrate." In addition, the aim is to reduce dependencies on third parties. Saxony's Energy Minister Wolfram Günther (Greens) spoke of a "dumping attack" by China. He said that innovative European companies were being forced out of the market "with state-subsidized prices. Günther criticized that modules would be manufactured in China with the help of Uighur forced laborers.
