It’s been eleven years since Angela Merkel imported about a million young immigrants who were supposed to help the German economy and make up for the failure of Germans to have the children required to sustain the German social welfare system. And the verdict is not a positive one.
German auto giant BMW is planning to slash some 8,000 jobs globally by the end of 2027, according to several news media outlets, including Reuters and Bloomberg. German workers are expected to be particularly affected as the manufacturer is dealing with high production costs in Europe, as well as plunging sales in China, according to the reports.
The automaker employed 87,436 people in Germany as of late 2025, which accounted for more than a half of its global headcount. The company has already been making gradual reductions, with a reported decrease of 2.3% compared to 2024, according to Bloomberg.
It comes just a day after another German carmaker, Porsche, announced plans to eliminate another 5,000 jobs by 2035, bringing its total planned reduction to around 9,400 positions. Its parent company, Volkswagen, is considering slashing up to 100,000 jobs amid a protracted industrial slump caused by high energy prices. The Federation of German Industries (BDI) warned last week that the nation’s industrial sector was losing 15,000 jobs every month in what it described as a “critical” situation.
The “immigration is good for the economy” lie cannot be hammered hard enough. It was always false, but it was just barely possible to appeal to the abstract theory in the absence of any conclusive evidence refuting it. But, as with Darwin and DNA, the evidence is now available, and it conclusively and comprehensibly refutes the Post WWII-era justification.