Riposte to Trump: François Ruffin wants to ban Tesla from the European continent
“More than one tesla sold in Europe”: the thunderclap of François Ruffin © Shutershock
The deputy François Ruffin no longer hides it: he wants a clear, assumed response, and even brutal in the face of the surcharge of Trump. Its target? Tesla, totem of unbridled capitalism like Elon Musk. What if France took the opportunity to reinvent itself?
François Ruffin offers the total prohibition of Tesla in Europe
“No more Tesla car sold on the European continent.” The sharp formula is signed François Ruffin. At the antenna France Interthe deputy for the Somme offered a radical response to new American customs taxes on Tuesday April 9: prohibiting Tesla in Europe. Just that. Behind this shock declaration, an assumed political strategy: to make this trade war an opportunity to redefine French industrial sovereignty.
What is the symbol of Trump and Musk America symbol? It's the Tesla.
The context? A Donald Trump returning to the foreground, reviving commercial hostilities with a series of customs duties targeting Europe. A surcharge of 20 % on certain European products had been announced, before being suspended for 90 days in order to give way to negotiations.
But François Ruffin does not want to hear about diplomatic break. He denounces a response “ridiculous” on the part of the European Union and targets Ursula von der Leyen, whom he accuses of seeking to “Avoid climbing” While the opportunity is too good to refound a coherent industrial policy.
The more a Tesla car sold on the European continent. If we can take a symbolic measure, we type on it
Why Tesla? Because the brand of Elon Musk concentrates, in his eyes, all the excesses of a one -way one -way trade. Of the cars sold to the chain in Europe, despite a strong slowdownoptimized taxation, a green image in the window – but no industrial anchoring on French soil. The deputy sees it as a symbol to drop. One way to remember that France should not only be a market, but industrial power.
The Tesla Model that we had tested. © Numériques
Ruffin wants a France that protects: end of free trade, taxes on borders and industrial bursts
His ambition exceeds Tesla: he pleads for a *“plan of 100 products” *strategic – steel, drugs, food, armament – on which to find a form of autonomy. Key: customs barriers, quotas, regulations. In other words, targeted protectionism, thought as an economic reconquest tool.
In the wake of this proposal, it is also another Europe that it sketches, less naive, more voluntary, rid of its free-trade illusions. A Europe that dares to defend its interests. “Let’s make a chance”he insists. The trade war here becomes a pretext for a redefinition of our priorities.
As for Tesla, the idea of a banning may seem excessive, but it has the merit of asking a real question: should we continue to unroll the red carpet to giants who do not invest locally? Or is it time to regain control? Ruffin, without nuance, decided. What if the provocation was just aimed?
