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# Scholz warns nationalism threatens Germany's chip investment at Dresden groundbreaking
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2024-08-20-scholz-nationalism-chip-investment-speech/
- Published: 2024-08-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:30:49.000Z
- Description: At the TSMC-led ESMC chip plant's construction start in Dresden, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany needs to stay "pro-European" and "open to the world". He warned that nationalism and resentment endanger investment in key technologies.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Reported Opinion AI-drafted [Reuters, via Clean Energy Wire, 20 August 2024](https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/nationalism-threat-energy-transition-investments-says-scholz-chip-plant-construction-start?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What the source does not establish.** This does not announce any new funding, rule or decision; it records Scholz's political argument ahead of Saxony's state election.

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