Quote from: be.open on April 24, 2023, 07:55:53 PM

Quote from: el kaka22 on April 24, 2023, 06:39:06 PM

Surprises? Germany losing money and being a poor nation would be a surprise, them growing and getting better is not a surprise to anyone at all. People flock to Germany more than most other nations to live there for a reason, and that reason is that people at the top actually wants to make that nation a good one, and that is why they are as rich as they are today. This is also a proof that if governments wanted to solve issues and make everyone better, all they have to do is follow Germany.

However, between bad politicians, and terribly one sided media that lies to you, and fools who believe those lies, you are not going to get that in most other nations. So it should be remembered that Germany doing better is what is expected, not a surprise to anyone at all.

Don't talk nonsense as long as the Green Party is in power in Germany - Germany will be a miserable bedding of the USA, spitting on its own economic interests. With leadership like this, Germany doesn't need any external enemies, they do a great job of shooting themselves in the foot. What is at least the recent closure of the last three nuclear power plants (against which, by the way, were two-thirds of the German population).

Cherry on the cake - the dismantling of German nuclear power plants will be carried out by the Bavarian company NUKEM Technologies GmbH, which on December 14, 2009 was sold to the Russian Atomstroyexport for 23.5 million euros. Grin

Germany was just a miserable bedding for Russia under the Merkel government. German society is now seriously rethinking its assessment of the seemingly successful 16-year reign of the first female chancellor. Especially in the context of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As The Wall Street Journal notes,
“Merkel was a key architect of the agreements that made the economy of Germany and its neighbors dependent on energy imports from Russia. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine destroyed this strategic partnership, forcing Germany to look elsewhere for oil and natural gas, at a huge cost to businesses, government and households ".

After the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, Merkel not only didn’t refuse to buy energy from the Kremlin, but also worked to double her gas imports from Russia. Many German pundits and even former Merkel allies now believe that this alone gave Putin the courage to launch another invasion eight years later.

During the years of Merkel's rule, defense budgets were constantly cut, which led to a sharp current weakening of the German army.

According to experts, another strategic mistake by Merkel is the decision to completely abandon nuclear energy, which backfired on the country today. The decision was taken as a response to the disaster in the Japanese Fukushima, and in the end made Germany even more dependent on Russian gas.

Now Germany has almost completely got rid of dependence on Russian oil and gas. But the practical implementation of such solutions, of course, led to temporary difficulties, which are inevitable side effects.

Sources:
https://from-ua.org/news/641684-kak-merkel-vzrastila-putina-i-prolozila-put-k-voine-v-ukraine-nazvaly-glavnye-etapy.html
https://www.unian.net/world/kak-merkel-prolozhila-put-k-voyne-v-ukraine-wsj-nazvala-glavnye-etapy-12271092.html