In the words of Nigel Farage....well they're not laughing now are they?
German car industry sheds 42,300 jobs in a year amid Chinese competition
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-car-industry-sheds-42300-jobs-year-amid-chinese-competition
German chemicals giant BASF says 7,000 jobs cut since January 2024
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/german-chemicals-giant-basf-says-094827675.html
"German industry faces a profound structural downturn. Industrial output has fallen roughly 10% below 2018 levels, driven by permanently higher energy costs....."
"Germany’s long industrial decline. Since 2021, industrial production has followed a negative trend, declining by an average of 2.3 index points per year. Germany’s industrial sector is therefore no longer merely stagnating; it is contracting at a rapid pace. In fact, German industrial output is today at the same level as in 2005. Overall, there has been no growth in industrial production over more than two decades."
One important factor has been energy policy. For decades, German industry benefited from reliable and comparatively affordable energy supplies. This advantage gradually weakened as policymakers pursued the Energiewende, Germany’s ambitious transition to renewable energy sources. A second factor has been the cumulative impact of regulation and climate policy. Over the past two decades, German policymakers increasingly prioritized environmental and social objectives alongside economic growth. Yet their cumulative effect was to increase the cost and complexity of doing business. Firms faced rising compliance costs, lengthy permitting procedures, extensive reporting requirements and persistent uncertainty about future regulatory changes."
Environmental regulations and carbon pricing schemes placed additional burdens on industrial sectors already facing intense international competition. While each individual measure may have appeared manageable on its own, together they reduced Germany’s attractiveness as a destination for industrial investment. The result was a gradual decline in competitiveness that was more visible after each economic crisis.
In other words, Gaia Worship. They did this to themselves. Nobody forced them. Its entirely their own stupidity.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/germany-industrial-decline/