Germany's recession is evident despite public denial. The private sector's woes, highlighted by industrial struggles, stem from outdated policies and lost economic pillars. Once reliant on affordable Russian energy, low-cost subcontractors from Eastern Europe, and growing exports to China, Germany now faces an economic landscape where these supports no longer exist. Yet, politicians and unions remain stuck in a bygone era, unable to adapt to the new reality.
The green-socialist apocalypticism of German politics could be dismissed as a curiosity of modernity if it were not embedded in a supranational project such as the European Union or the eurozone. Due to the relative gravity of the German economy, those 'partner states' that want to escape the downward maelstrom of German folly are now being dragged into the economic crash.