This is crazy!!

I agree with you except for the timeline. To my knowledge, Germany’s firms and governments were export oriented since WWII. The current permanent reduction in demand from abroad (due to Chinese and American policy amongst others) is wholly novel and never happened before to Germany, from what I understand. One good thing is that the policies you mention have already been launched a few years ago, so the federal and state governments are adapting fast.

Oh okay, got it! Which kinds of policies aim to diversify a country’s demand structure? Like, how would that work?

Germany has one of the most diversified economies in the world, see Atlas of Economic Complexity.

Since the second Trump administration, its federal and state governments have been pushing firms to move towards producing higher value added services (“deep tech”) and diversify into other areas than automotive.

I am quite surprised since the telegraph was always very anti-German/germanophobic. I still remember some bizarre headlines about Russia’s war against Ukraine and Germany siding with Russia…

I support that. Unfortunately, the Iranian regime may capture him as ransom.

Good that he shows solidarity with the people of Israel in this time of war, visiting the bombed neighborhood. But also good that the German gov criticizes the Israeli gov’s lack of a plan to end the war it started.

Disgraceful.

If the EU is not a superpower, then it does not have the influence on the world to maintain a rules based world order (international law, mutlulayeralism) against the USA, China, Russia, India, … This is wishful and illogical thinking

The article is such obvious nonsense. Its central argument is that vocal protests will give Europe a weight in the world (Spain). Keeping a low profile while building Europe’s strongest armed forces and energy independence will detract from Europe’s weight in the world (Germany). Who honestly believes this?

More guns, more cars and less public housing for Paris!

No wonder given the world economy. Germany will just have to continue its restructuring, transformation and investment plans. It’s one of the best positioned economies for this transition, apart from the US and China.

More insight into the dark underbelly of Denmark’s glamorous, innovative, winner city, Copenhagen…

The second paragraph of your response… You think that Russia is not expansionist? What about all the countries it has invaded in its periphery?

Because the south does not have a dangerous, expansionist neighbor such as Russia.

Good that countries cooperate on deporting criminals and terrorists! Thank you for your service, dear european bureaucrats _/_

This is a terrible predicament to be in for the north east and center of Europe. All future options are worse than the pre-Trump option. Which one is the least bad, also in terms of other countries’ responses? 1 France’s umbrella 2 US umbrella 3 Russian umbrella 4 north-east-central europe umbrella?

HOW DARE THEY

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