The new head of German trade union IG Metall, Christiane Benner, has called for state investment in the three-digit billion euro range for the ecological reorganization of industry. Benner told German media organization Funke Mediengruppe in remarks published on Saturday that a special fund of between €500 billion ($547 billion) and €600 billion could be set up for this purpose by 2030. This sum will be necessary to ensure that the expansion of renewable energies and the development of hydrogen infrastructure succeeds, she said. “The industry is in the most critical phase since the founding of…