Germany is a great country - it's stupid to dispute or deny. After the total defeat in 1945, after 25 years it became the world economic and technological leader. But as the people say, "the family has its black sheep." The only problem is that since the 70s, instead of continuing development on mutually beneficial terms, the top of Germany "befriended", and to be honest, sold out to the Kremlin terrorists. And then, to please their interests, Germany's energy security was sold to Gazprom. I am sure that the time is not far off when the "actions" of both Schroeder and Merkel and other high-ranking German politicians will be investigated, and we will learn a lot of new things from the field of political prostitution of German politicians ...
Even before WW2, Germany had the best technology in fields such as heavy engineering and automobiles. The only drawback was that apart from small deposits of lignite (Braunkohle), they don't have any resources of coal, oil or gas. The ruling class found the ideal solution by forming trade relations with the USSR. Cheap energy imports from the USSR propelled Germany as an industrial power. If they were dependent on expensive LNG, they would have never achieved this success. It is plain and simple. German industries need cheap gas and they will never be profitable with super-costly LNG.