Submitted by Thomas KolbeWill German policy paralysis and French protectionism save Germany’s automakers? Efficiency programs in Germany’s automotive industry are unavoidable. The decline of European industry is inevitable. At the German-French Council of Ministers in Germany in mid-July, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz reaffirmed their common industrial policy agenda. At the heart of the strategy is the Industrial Accelerator Act, or IAA, presented by the European Commission in March.