Dercks also confirmed that the country is commencing a major process of deindustrialisation. Indeed, the report noted that 51 percent of companies based in Germany with at least 500 employees, as well as 45 percent of companies bearing high power costs, are either considering moving their operations out of the country and reducing domestic production or have already begun doing so. Such figures are also, respectively, 8 percent and 7 percent higher than those in the same report published in 2023, thus reflecting the acuteness of the problems faced by German industry more recently. The companies cited the uncertain policy future in Germany as a key reason for their changing positions on domestic production, as they are increasingly uncompetitive in international markets and have less capital to invest in research and development (R&D) to improve their market positioning.