Posted on 02/21/2025 7:14:16 PM PST by anthropocene_x
Germany hasn’t seen significant economic growth in five years. It’s a stunning turnaround for Europe’s biggest economy, which for much of this century had expanded exports and dominated world trade in engineered products like industrial machinery and luxury cars.
Here are five reasons for Germany’s ongoing economic slump:
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I saw a poll where so-called “far right” was ahead in the polls.
There is sauerkraut
in my lederhosen
Germany was having trouble, what a sad, sad story....
Germany is in the tank because they went to war on Russia. Germany’s manufacturing depended on Russia’s cheap energy and commodities. To bad they followed a senile corrupted old man and hopelessly corrupted St Z, then rebuild the Nordstream the West blew up.
#6 - The average IQ in Germany has dropped precipitously since Merkel.
Deutchland pingy
Where o where was he?
Jeebus. The AP propagandist led off with this.
These effers will lie about ANYTHING.
1. Stupid green energy nonsense. Make yourself dependent on other countries energy supplies (France, Russia and Norway).
2. Unlimited important of Migrants who want to kill you and destroy your culture, and who consume huge amounts of your GDP.
3. Draw your military down to low levels so you cannot defend yourself.
Gas line “kaypoot” - who dunnit?
Coal mines closed - climate cult
Factories closed closed - no energy
Cold winter
DEI rampant
Gave too much money and equipment to Ukraine
General Custer, Sir!! - look at all those Indians coming to greet us.
"In October 2022, Russia confirmed that Pipe B of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline escaped destruction, and offered to resume gas supply to Europe (which was promptly declined by Berlin)."
Time for them to start another war.
Who can forget the Kraut delegation at the U.N. literally laughing their asses off at Trump’s speech in which he warned them against becoming dependent on Russian energy?
I know, they always lie.
“After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there was a heated debate in Germany about whether to embargo the import of Russian natural gas as a sanction against Russia’s aggression. Germany imported 55% of its gas from Russia at the time, and many argued that the embargo would crush Germany’s economy. Before Germany could act, Russian began cutting the flow of gas to Germany, eventually halting it entirely. “
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-did-germany-fare-without-russian-gas/
In June, Gazprom claimed it was obliged to cut the flow of gas to Germany by more than half, as a result of such sanctions that prevented the Russian company from receiving its turbine component from Canada.
Wiki
Russia’s actions to cut off gas supply to Europe starting in May 2022 were particularly virulent because it was extremely difficult to cope with the loss of such a large volume of gas.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/europes-messy-russian-gas-divorce/
Own goal: How Russia’s gas war has backfired
When Russia drastically reduced gas supplies to Europe in 2022, European countries scrambled to find new suppliers. Paradoxically, the biggest victim of the Kremlin’s gas war seems to be Russia itself
https://ecfr.eu/article/own-goal-how-russias-gas-war-has-backfired/
When I first read that Germany was literally turning off their electricity production (shutting down nuclear power plants), I knew Germany would devolve. While France, of all countries, announces they will build MORE nuclear power, Germany ushers in their own Dark Ages.
General Custer’s last words:
Where the #^$* did all those Indians come from?
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