German industrial top brass to meet with EU chief to talk sector challenges

Evonik Industries AG

27/06/2025 09:51

FRANKFURT, June 27 (Reuters) - Germany will send a delegation of some of its biggest industrial bosses to Brussels to hold talks with EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen about how to preserve competitiveness in the face of trade wars and high energy costs, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Spearheaded by Hendrik Wuest, the state premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, the meeting will be attended by the CEOs of Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE, Lufthansa LHAG.DE, Rheinmetall RHMG.DE and Lanxess LXSG.DE, among others, the source said.

 (Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Sabine Wollrab and Friederike Heine)

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