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Thanks to Germany, eastern Europe is a dumping ground for low quality, highly polluting German cars. A sad state of affairs and it shows just how the EU is bias

Thanks to Germany, eastern Europe is a dumping ground for low quality, highly polluting German cars. A sad state of affairs and it shows just how the EU is biased towards a handful of countries.

ChuckNorris89 7y ago
It's not really Germany's fault. It's our fault in the East for the vanity of prioritizing low cost second hand luxury vehicles above our health and not holding the government accountable for the lack of a functioning public transport system. The Romanian railway system is a national embarrassment. Germany isn't dumping anything, it's just supplying the demand coming from Eastern Europeans who make lengthy trips there with platform trailers to bring back cheap second hand luxury vehicles that are now longer economically viable there. I've seen way more BMW X5s and Audi Q7s in Romanian cities than in my time working in Germany and Austria combined. I don't think the Germans came and shoved them down our throats. Where Germany is at fault is its lack of action after Dieselgate since it decided to protect VW and its executives rather than the health of the EU citizens that are still having their lungs stuffed with diesel particulate from the tens of thousands of TDI engines happily roaming around us.
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- ossworkerrights 7y ago
  Countries have laws for exporting used electronics exactly so poor countries dont become dumping grounds. The same should be the case for intra eu vehicles. The German government is blocking such an initiative using the EU, and clocked or high polluting vehicles end up in countries such as a Romania. Poverty and corruption in that country are rampant but that is no excuse to dumping low quality german cars there. Edit: the gov of romania has already tried taxing old vehicles but was pushed back by the eu. Blind obedience to the eu and self blame wont fix your country.
  - petre 7y ago
    The two taxes were found to be illegal by the CJEU. It's the fault of corrupt and incompetent Romanian politicians, not the EU. I'm not aware of any German intervention. Why isn't Hungary a dumping ground for old German cars, only Romania and Bulgaria?
    - ossworkerrights 7y ago
      Romania and Bulgaria are indeed poor and corrupt, and from what i see you, the citizens of that country, enjoy being a dumping ground for crap cars as well. Enjoy your status and obey the eu and germany.

Thanks to Germany, eastern Europe is a dumping ground for low quality, highly polluting German cars. A sad state of affairs and it shows just how the EU is biased towards a handful of countries.

ChuckNorris89 7y ago

It's not really Germany's fault. It's our fault in the East for the vanity of prioritizing low cost second hand luxury vehicles above our health and not holding the government accountable for the lack of a functioning public transport system. The Romanian railway system is a national embarrassment. Germany isn't dumping anything, it's just supplying the demand coming from Eastern Europeans who make lengthy trips there with platform trailers to bring back cheap second hand luxury vehicles that are now longer economically viable there. I've seen way more BMW X5s and Audi Q7s in Romanian cities than in my time working in Germany and Austria combined. I don't think the Germans came and shoved them down our throats. Where Germany is at fault is its lack of action after Dieselgate since it decided to protect VW and its executives rather than the health of the EU citizens that are still having their lungs stuffed with diesel particulate from the tens of thousands of TDI engines happily roaming around us.

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ossworkerrights 7y ago
Countries have laws for exporting used electronics exactly so poor countries dont become dumping grounds. The same should be the case for intra eu vehicles. The German government is blocking such an initiative using the EU, and clocked or high polluting vehicles end up in countries such as a Romania. Poverty and corruption in that country are rampant but that is no excuse to dumping low quality german cars there. Edit: the gov of romania has already tried taxing old vehicles but was pushed back by the eu. Blind obedience to the eu and self blame wont fix your country.
- petre 7y ago
  The two taxes were found to be illegal by the CJEU. It's the fault of corrupt and incompetent Romanian politicians, not the EU. I'm not aware of any German intervention. Why isn't Hungary a dumping ground for old German cars, only Romania and Bulgaria?
  - ossworkerrights 7y ago
    Romania and Bulgaria are indeed poor and corrupt, and from what i see you, the citizens of that country, enjoy being a dumping ground for crap cars as well. Enjoy your status and obey the eu and germany.