German car manufacturing. VW’s biggest engine factory is in Gyõr, Hungary. BMW is building in Debrecen, then there is also Mercedes. Hungary is also a major battery manufacturer since recently.
Couple that with some other industry, like the only non-Danish Lego factory in the EU for example, or others.
Cutting Hungary out from the customs union would cost a lot of people with a lot of power in the EU a lot of money.
What is the nexus between Germany and Hungary’s autocratic state?
German car manufacturing. VW’s biggest engine factory is in Gyõr, Hungary. BMW is building in Debrecen, then there is also Mercedes. Hungary is also a major battery manufacturer since recently.
Couple that with some other industry, like the only non-Danish Lego factory in the EU for example, or others.
Cutting Hungary out from the customs union would cost a lot of people with a lot of power in the EU a lot of money.
Wouldn’t it cost Hungary more in terms of job losses and economic loss of productivity to the point Germany should be able to leverage Hungary more?