Car industry crisis: Automobile workers don't believe taxing Chinese EVs is the solution

The protest comes as the European Commission is considering imposing heavy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

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00:00Facing a major car industry crisis in Europe, multiple French and international labor unions

00:10protested on Thursday in front of the Paris Motor Show, one of the most important events

00:15in the automobile sector.

00:18Multiple key players such as Stellantis and Valeo have been cutting jobs and relocating

00:22overseas in search of cheaper labor.

00:25And on top of that, cheap Chinese electric vehicles have flooded the EU market over recent

00:30years and have been driving down prices.

00:33In retaliation, the EU Commission wants to impose hefty tariffs on Chinese electric cars.

00:40But all of the workers interviewed agreed that this is not the way to go.

00:45Taxes is a kind of economic war, financial war, and this is for sure no solution.

01:03According to the labor unions, nearly 70,000 jobs have been lost within the automobile

01:08industry in France since 2012.

01:11These bleak numbers are felt all across Europe.

01:28On Friday, a nationwide protest is scheduled to take place, this time in Italy, with multiple

01:33European labor unions participating.

01:36Sofia Katzenkova reporting from Paris for Euronews.