> Is there similarly a "rust belt" in Germany Not yet, but we are doing out best to deliver that in the near future \s What we do have is sort of a coal belt.

> Is there similarly a "rust belt" in Germany Not yet, but we are doing out best to deliver that in the near future \s What we do have is sort of a coal belt. The Ruhr Area, where coal mining used to be big but has died out. Some regions did not recover from the closing of mines, Gelsenkirchen for example.