No wonder.
The large German automobile groups subcontract "basic" components to the "satellite countries" of Eastern Europe. There is little added value for these pump factories, electrical equipment, cables, gears, casing ...
And the assembly of the components is done in Germany: there lies the essential of the added value, and therefore the profit.
If the Germans have adapted to be competitive by soliciting countries with low labor costs, they never wanted to let their assembly factories go abroad, not like in France ...
The Syndicat IG Métal is a bit at odds with this issue: stakeholder in the strategy of the VW group, it monopolizes wealth for German employees at the expense of Czech, Hungarian, Polish employees ...
This is another example of the heart syndrome on the left and the wallet on the right.
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