Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic: The government does not count on EU subsidies for electric cars
Bratislava – Slovakia currently does not plan to use EU funds to support electric vehicles. This follows the statement of the Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic, Denisa Saková (Hlas-SD), after Thursday’s meeting of government members with representatives of the automotive industry, TASR reports.
“At the moment, we do not have the resources to consider such support from the state budget. We are truly in a phase of consolidation, and we have not yet allocated funds in the budget to support the purchase of electric cars,” clarified Denisa Saková.
The European Commission rejected funding for electric vehicles from European funds
“We know that they have similar experiences in Germany or in other countries of the European Union. We inquired whether the sale or support of the sale of electric vehicles could be financed from European funds. The European Commission rejected that,” she noted.
As stated by the president of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic Alexander Matušek, some subsidies for purchasing would help electric mobility. “Now we have heard that the government is not preparing any. We also opened this topic today, and we know what the situation is. On the other hand, it should be said that we are probably the last country that does not provide subsidies. Even the Croats, who were the last or second to last with us, already have a scheme for this. There are also countries that are drawing money from European funds and recovery funds to support electric mobility,” Matušek added.
TASR, based on a report from the DPA agency, informed that the German government coalition found agreement on issues related to the support of electric mobility and the reform of social benefits. This was announced on Thursday by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The coalition agreed in advance to offer new incentives for low- and middle-income households to purchase electric vehicles in order to support the transition to climate-neutral mobility. (October 9)
