Why France and Germany are stagnating | DW News

[@connormycyk1835]

Country: increases cost of housing, energy, food etc. Same country: why are people not spending 💀

[@MRW515]

Don't forget they increase taxes

[@kuchenkoren4051]

Country: people lose jobs Also country: why are people not spending?

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@miteshghadi3146]

More money to Ukraine Zelensky give me money .😅 Eu Economy Downfall 📉 Funding war always has negative effects on Economy.

[@olegfarshtei2915]

@@miteshghadi3146 funding russia is also not the greatest. Buying cheap gas feeding a monster - that's what you get in the long run - economical downfall. Ukraine has to pay with human lives, so consider yourself lucky Germans, you're just losing some money.

[@riamu1985]

without cheap energy its game over....

[@darthregulus]

Yeah the Ukraine war is wrecking Europes ability to relax, eat, and stay warm in the winter.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@TheNordicMan]

@riamu1985 Thank you! These so called experts don't get it. There is no economy without energy. It's probably decline from here on out.

[@dnocturn84]

Germanys recession started 5 years ago. Before that war began and before they were cut off "cheap" Russian oil and gas. This is not really the correct answer - it's just a symptom not the sickness itself.

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

@@dnocturn84 But the net zero push started before that. I visited Germany 5 years ago and there was already energy rationing then.

[@pabr2405]

What is the future of EU? They don`t want industry and they don`t want farming what are we going to live of? Tourism and sunshine?

[@DMR-v4e]

😂👏👏

[@a0flj0]

Germany is one of the most heavily industrialised countries in the world - even more than China, proportional to size. France is an agricultural powerhouse. What exactly do you mean?

[@seanlander9321]

The EU is a very nice museum, and that’s about it.

[@a0flj0]

@seanlander9321 Funnily such statements often come from people who fully appreciate the comfort of living in such a museum, or from people who would dearly live in it but cannot.

[@tubeetogoo]

@@a0flj0 he is Not Talking about presence but rather Future and the outlook isnt good. The video confirms this

[@jamesjacobs3753]

As an American I’ve noticed Europe’s biggest export to the US, smug comments on the internet, is way down lately. Must truly be dark times over there.

[@Dewayne099]

facts😂😂😂😂

[@darthregulus]

Yeah you cannot comment with you cannot eat 😂

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@santostv.]

I thought you guys were all up in arms about our trade surplus 😂 Not even luigi can open your eyes Send some money we accept donations!

[@varpen]

dark times. lol. bruh, touch some grass will ya

[@michaelwilson9921]

Without cheap energy - they will never be able to compete against countries such as India and China who now have both lower energy and wage costs.

[@thegreatdane3627]

Doesn't really matter. We will be part of different blocks in the future, with limited trade between the 2 blocks.

[@michaelwilson9921]

@@thegreatdane3627 Could actually happen. If so, I'll move to a neutral country where they can use that competition to their own advantage.

[@zawiszaczarny7876]

France have all the cheap energy they need, EU over regulating everything makes the bill larger than it suposed to be.

[@michaelwilson9921]

@@ssuwandi3240 Of course they are. We live in a World Wide Global Market.

[@thegreatdane3627]

@@michaelwilson9921 take a look at how the world worked during the cold war. Neutral countries, also called 3rd world countries, didn't really do that well.

[@norad_clips]

Germany needs to increase their debt so that France doesn’t feel left out XD

[@marcbjorg4823]

70% too many bureaucrats always results in too high taxes. So nobody wants to invest there.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@Arnald.24lagji]

And also thrown money away for the buildings and workers for too many bureaucrats and regulations

[@speakup18]

Germany was depending on Russian cheap gas,, France was depending on exploiting and robbing Africa.. now U know Urs Answers 😮..

[@greedyreader15]

Ain't that the truth ?😅

[@ilmatar6608]

Now it's Russia robbing Africa and getting wrecked in Ukraine 😆

[@dnocturn84]

But Germanys recession started 5 years ago. Before that war began and before they were cut off "cheap" Russian oil and gas. This is not really the correct answer - it's just a symptom.

[@aliceg6745]

Lol China, Russia, Turkey and so many other countries, they distribute flowers to Africans?? So easy to blame only one country but also very childish and hypocritical.

[@zorrosdog6557]

Germany's green hysteria started 5 years ago

[@gerardczosnowski8916]

I live in Australia and when I visited Germany and Poland I was shocked by the seemingly immense number of 'old people' everywhere. Anyone living in a high growth country cannot possibly believe that investing in a country that's becoming a retirement village is a good idea. I cannot help but realise a constant flow of Europeans to Australia as well. Any Australian can buy an investment beyond the city limits of any Australian city and in 10-15 years it becomes a bustling citiscape... in Europe u buy an investment and watch while a slow and steady depopulation eats away at its worth. Why invest in a sinking ship?

[@varpen]

Bruh! The average age in Australia is 38 years old. You are on par with the aging populations in the world. Also, wth are you on about? A property investment in Europe basically guarantees you profit for decades ahead. Oh yeah, you're not even an Australian, right?

[@gerardczosnowski8916]

@ yes, and the median age in Germany is 47. In Germany u have to pay top dollar for a property in the city (so return per dollar is low and as the population shrinks empty places will appear). In Brisbane u buy a property in the bush and wait a few years as new subdivisions are built and 15 years down the track ur a winner. In what world is real estate in a shrinking population a good long term investment. Do the maths… each future generation will be roughly half the size in Germany. In Australia, the population doubles every 40 years. Do u know how compounding works?

[@Eli-pj8xm]

Doesn't Australia have the worst housing affordability crisis in the whole developed world?

[@daylightmoon7285]

The big lie is that a country needs immigration to offset an aging population. All an aging country has to do is issue work visas as the job market requires. Workers don't have to have permanent status. In the UAE, there are 9 foreign workers--teachers, laborers, doctors--for evey 1 Emirati. They don't offer permanent status and the workers don't expect it. The system is very orderly.

[@MAKAKA2024-b7y]

Our EU dream is collapsing and two factors are to blame. Weak divided leadership plus lack of big tech.

[@marcv2648]

Socialist European policies are the root cause of all your problems.

[@davidoldboy5425]

And socialist policies, which have never ever worked anywhere in the world???

[@nicksincredibleopinion]

What do France, Germany, or the British do better than anyone else? Germany used to be able to say cars, but even in the US, we see the decline in value. Europe needs to relearn how to innovate.

[@tibsyy895]

Make EU wide acknowledged and accepted courses for specific jobs. Most of jobs don't need a university degree. Incentivize internships and jobs on the go so people can actually get better and higher paying jobs. Nobody has the time and money now for universities. Serious reforms are needed!

[@PerryBelcourt-t4t]

Putin is laughing at France and Germany

[@_ata_3]

Yea, that way you'll lag behind more in R&D and high skilled jobs.

[@darthregulus]

Don’t go to university? Like an economy don’t need high skilled workers, are you insane?

[@yongjianyi3556]

I suppose you meant vocational training, I believe that Europe has many such institute. Education is the best investment there is.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@arfaouiaymen7142]

I really liked the interview: the questions asked are really smart. Answers also were proffessional and to the point.

[@jonhayden6235]

From my 38 years of full-time college/university teaching, this would be required viewing for my macroeconomics courses. Excellent exchange of Q and A from both hostess and EU economist -- well done, DW!

[@saeidkazemi5866]

Why does she sound so happy and enthusiastic? Is this funny? As someone who lives in Europe I don't find it really funny...

[@joem0088]

she is full of joy report bad news. Whether it is China or Europe does not matter.

[@chriszhao1850]

You don't understand the culture of the colony. In the German media, the hosts always frown and speak aggressively when speaking German, but in an English environment, they will unconsciously show a smile that expects others to love and understand them.

[@donkeychan491]

She's part of the class that has siphoned off all the wealth.

[@irokoolajide7432]

You don't show bad countenance when broadcasting

[@danielle6133]

I watch a lot of news including DW regularly. She’s really just seems like that, regardless of the topic, so it must be something she‘s doing unintentionally. She asks great questions though.

[@SimonBrady-i1k]

The eu has banged on for decades about how the eu brings prosperity, it doesn’t. In 1990 the eu had 12 members accounting for 25% of global GDP. Now it has 27 members but only account for 13% of global GDP, absolutely shocking. Over the same time the US has maintained its % of global GDP.

[@thegreatdane3627]

quality of life is still higher for the average European, which is what matters.

[@BasementTracks]

@@thegreatdane3627 Higher than what? The US? Not even close. That's another myth that eurocentrists tell themselves to feel better.

[@Matias_L]

@@thegreatdane3627 live shittier longer lol

[@thegreatdane3627]

@@Matias_L learn to read buddy...

[@LL-vk9zc]

GDP is an accounting method - ok in theory, but irrelevant to most people who work 9-5.

[@robymaru03]

Europe is just an old man trying to party like an adolescent.

[@michaellynch1132]

In case anyone wanted to know what he said: A "beggar thy neighbor" policy refers to an economic policy where a country attempts to solve its own economic problems by taking actions that worsen the economic situation of other countries, often through measures like imposing trade barriers or devaluing their currency to make their exports cheaper, essentially "begging" their neighbors to suffer economically to benefit themselves.

[@trongduongbinh5001]

we don't get better, but at least we're better than our neighbors :D

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@rommedalhimou5986]

Like what Donald Trump plans to do

[@Lz_Lak]

If you want to bring innovation start giving profound relief to middle class, along with giving the chance to people of lower income becoming part of this group. You can't have growth when rent is too high, buying a house is for a few, and people work basically to pay their bills.

[@tricepsbrachii]

Are his eyebrows real? They are very impressive

[@sweetaznspice1]

No, they're stick-ons you can get from a German bakery.

[@norad_clips]

22:50 I feel like just to just “believe” really hard that Europe is ready is a pretty lame plan

[@asungot2069]

THAT'S A KILLER EYEBROW, I MEAN INTERVIEW

[@destubbed]

Such a good report on a big complex problem, good questions and good answers.

[@charlespeterson778]

Work like a German,live like a French man. Not the other way around

[@huanghermann5207]

EU countries have abandoned cheap energy from Russia and cut tie with Chinese market in the interest of the US global hegemony. This self-inflicting wound has led to the EU economic decline.

[@solomonstewart1025]

The greens shutting down nuclear power and threatening the farmers.

[@DiegoF1ores]

China will overtake the EU if you all continue to depend on other countries energy instead of building local cheap energy

[@user-se9uk2py5k]

Both countries are nightmare of bureaucracy, aging population, high taxes, and have also lost all entrepreneurial spirit… that is what they share, as a consequence they hace losssing competitive companies. A lot of wishful thinking in this video. Really, Europe is becoming a silly and childish place.

[@jantaljaard835]

Woke DEI.

[@dulcamarabuffo]

Europe has become the embodiment of the new motto, " work / life balance". What it really means is I want to work half the hours, maintain my former salary and complain that things are not going according to plan. I have been living in Germany for the last twenty five years and am pulling up stakes this year.

[@salvatoreregalbuto5444]

None of this would be happening if Germany and France invested more into growing the population than helping foreigners.

[@serebii666]

Hungary Spends over 6% of its GDP on family support, among the highest in the word and its birthrate is still 1.5, far below France and similar to Germany. Birthrates collapse as a country develops because people fundamentally choose to have fewer children, no one is going to sign on to 18+ years of responsibility, lack of sleep and limitations for a few hundred EURs a month. And as for helping foreigners, it appears you want even more people to come on boats to Europe, if you think not investing in their countries to keep them from emigrating is a waste.

[@tomorrowland2684]

Most of the legal foreigners come , work with out using 23 years of government incentives. You should invite people who are ambitious and not turn them into you , taking more leaves and work less.

[@giomas3728]

bs

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@santostv.]

Money doesn’t solve the birth rate problem, look up the Scandinavian/Nordics states they are very generous still nothing or even Hungary it increased then went down, only ignorant people or in case where they already have decided and would be a extra source of income would most take their offer. Too many foreigners can be problems if they only come because of our welfare system but if they are productive members can be a plus unfortunately only certain countries have data on it causing people to generalize, we need adjustments in the immigration policies eu wide.;

[@europeanhouse721]

Why France and Germany didn't invest enough money in energy systems to have gas from Africa and South America

[@kabzaify]

It will still be more expensive, but still come and buy our gas

[@hellomycating]

Because that would mean giving some money to Spain and Italy and they hate shared power.

[@danix4883]

They don’t want Italy and Spain to have power, France and Germany don’t want any other EU country sharing power with them

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@abdiganiaden]

France against Spain

[@GongGhuru]

I don't remember if it was Shakespeare who said Europe is a garden and the rest of the world is a jungle, it seems as if the garden is in need of some jungle resources 🤔

[@mikementzer9292]

Don't worry, we're importing the jungle at a very high pace lately (any European knows what I mean by this).

[@freeman4899]

Funny thing is EU doesn't but oil from Russia but they import oil from India which import most of the oil from Russia like Pakistan , they import Indian stuff through Dubai instead of buying directly from India. This ego may destroy EU

[@Desalnietteminimaal]

False. It hurts the EU, it destroys Russia's income (for a large part anyway.) And that was the goal

[@MepzWorld]

​@@Desalnietteminimaalaccording to the World Bank Russia's economy is doing much better than any Western economy.

[@Desalnietteminimaal]

@@MepzWorld GDP growth =/= economic prosperity. If all your growth comes from spending reserves for a war economy, the growth is short, and the dip after deep. See for yourself in 5 years. This war screwed over Russian people terribly.

[@MepzWorld]

@@Desalnietteminimaal except that the World Bank specifically said that war spending wasn't the main contributor to Russia's growth. Apparently it was mainly down to growth in exports, construction and services.

[@JJ2023.]

The EU focused on over regulation, net zero targets instead of energy independence and innovation 🙄

[@educatecybersecurityandFinance]

The EU need to fire that liberal EU commissioner lady she’s too liberal and not good for business , Europe is not helping itself by focusing on war and less on energy independence and reforms

[@thewingedringer]

False

[@Onyxno]

Ursula = EU destroyer fron USA

[@AB_123_AB]

USA using her and the EU to fight as pawns against Russia and to compete with China.

[@seanlander9321]

France has an unaddressed problem which is that it hasn’t paid a penny on its UK and US debt since 1931. Those unserviced sovereign liabilities are now over a trillion.

[@Eli-pj8xm]

What debt is that, I haven't heard of it.

[@seanlander9321]

@ Churchill-Caillaux Agreement and Mellon-Berenger Agreement.

[@Eli-pj8xm]

@@seanlander9321 Thanks. I didn't know that. Are these debts included in the tally of the French sovereign debt?

[@seanlander9321]

@ Nope. France has refused to acknowledge the loans since the early 80’s.

[@julienriou4511]

learn history. Germany didn"t pay the debt to France and UK , that's the cause

[@samsungtap4183]

Monster elephant in the room but no one is allowed to see it....cheap Russian hydrocarbons.

[@Eli-pj8xm]

Xi, is that you? Or maybe Vlad?

[@lvjinbin28]

shhhh, don't talk

[@Taschenrechner1337]

Who's "not allowed to see it"? Ridiculous statement, since it was explicitly mentioned in the interview!

[@alvindon7350]

Need to focus shift with no delay process and no disruption anymore.

[@meanlife7358]

France 🇫🇷 was stealing from Africa, and Germany was dependent on the Russian gas pipe lines 😮😮😮😮

[@markaxworthy2508]

Yeah, but it has to be recognized that Western Europe has systemic problems in common that go beyond Brexit.

[@urbansenicar81]

"Get together of politicians, business leaders and economists." ... Yes. I'm sure they can put together a marvelous car.

[@swedichboy1000]

Why money is an artificial limitation.

[@edinson1613]

Can some economist answer my dumb question pls? Why are all countries in massive debt? Are we just spending our future generations' labour? Is there something fundamentally wrong with fiat, that you just have to keep borrowing and inflating debt away? Why is no major economic power in surplus? Is there anyone actually making money?

[@Taschenrechner1337]

That last question touched on the answer: "Is there anyone actually making money?" - Yes. Absolutely. The top few percent (especially the further up you go) "Why are all countries in massive debt?" - All the debt is owned to someone private. In essence the richest are buying more and more of what used to belong to everyone. What you'd have to do is to redistribute. Some push is being made into that area, but it's hard to be optimistic.

[@danielswanson9134]

Everything and everyone is in massive debt because that is the design of the system. Because the money to pay the interest is not created when loan money is created, the debt must grow so that the debit can be serviced. It's like a spool of rope that can only be pulled, or a shark that must swim to breathe. It's the design of the system. This system is always short of cash because he debit is always bigger than the money to pay it.

[@edinson1613]

@@danielswanson9134 Ty for answering, it makes sense that you say the interest money isnt created when the debt is created. I think the fiat system is totally rigged. Its basically given central banks a blank check to just print, print, print and have the working class just pay, pay, pay through currency debasement. The rich who can afford to protect themselves against inflation buy prohibitively expensive assets while the poor pay for the government spending in the form of higher prices when they try to work out what they can afford to buy to eat. Total betrayal of the working class by governments. Here in Australia its shocking. House prices 13x average household income. =S

[@aureliussch.2185]

They are stagnating because centralised allocation and management of factors of production lead to bad results

[@jaapfolmer7791]

The importance of Germany and France to European unification is much overrated. Europe has its own momentum and the EU is not in political crisis. The importance of the European Commission is growing at the cost of Paris and Berlin.

[@mylessalmon2569]

Where is reducing regulation?

[@wvhaugen]

Good that he mentioned "creative destruction." I also liked how he presents France needing austerity while Germany needs more investment. In both of these countries, the governments have a chance to embrace "management of contraction." This is a new idea that I have been promoting for some time. Clearly, growth as a paradigm is failing. Those countries who can manage economic contraction will be ahead of the curve. BTW, this is NOT degrowth. Degrowth is a nonsense term which assumes a society can have a continuing growth in development and affluent lifestyles without using a growth paradigm and without increasing energy resources. The real trend is contraction. France and Germany are already on this course. The UK will be in contraction soon.

[@michaellynch1132]

The US Debt to GDP is far to high and has been so for a long time. When I was in middle school someone could pay for a 4 year college with 1 or 2 years earnings after school. The concept of school debt didn't really exist unless you went to an Ivy League school. That kind of investment by the government has all but ceased over the decades. All of the public services that I recall as a kid seem to really be lacking these days, even simple things like cutting the grass along the side of high speed roadways(Freeways).

[@jerski14344]

The US' debt to GDP ratio is 134%, while you compare that to Japan's debt to GDP ratio is 275%.

[@danix4883]

The US can hold a ton of debt because it has the world reserve currency, if we are talking GDP to debt ration then Japan is far worse

[@haha-eg8fj]

Debt to gdp ratio the UK, France and Germany are far more worse.

[@haha-eg8fj]

@@danix4883but Japan’s external debt is not high. Japanese will buy back their own debts. The external debt to GDP ratio is nearly the same as the US. You can check Wikipedia.

[@darthregulus]

What do you care, you are eating right? The debt of a political economy does not affect your ability to go and get a KFC dinner 😂😂😂

[@patricialongo5870]

Yes, austerity and war are so sad for the people who chose that.

[@neildepoy7329]

No worries getting to net zero will be painful, but you will have fresh air and no farm foods, sounds wonderful.

[@shirhassan2370]

I don't think they will be able to put the economy back on track. We have new players in the world such as India , China, Russia , Turkey, Indonesia, Korea who have both human and natural resources.

[@kuldipsurisViews]

Hi Kate❤ checked your blog today

[@shamsh09]

Half of the youth is in clubs and half is protesting and drinking on the street, what do you expect?

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

[Prefers more gov't 'investment' over austerity] That's like applying for a new credit card, at even higher interest, because all your others are maxed out.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Some commenters are saying Germany's economic malaise started before the war in Ukraine; I daresay that's more than likely true but there's no doubt that the sudden curtailment of relatively low cost Russian hydrocarbons upon which Germany had developed almost its entire industrial prowess over quite a few years must feel like a junkie being forced to go cold turkey!

[@urbanstrencan]

This is a big crisis for Europe

[@davidoldboy5425]

The milk cow, the UK, told them where to go, tough, live with it, Brexit was a success and this is now being demonstrated. In fact if you stand back and look at the countries succeeding in Europe it is those not following the ideals of Germany or France.

[@HhmidaBouhhdida]

Strategic move for Germany, leaving the EU and nato,for their best interest.

[@Marin-kp3df]

我觉得欧洲现在的危机可以上升到文化和哲学层面，西方哲学比较理想和个人化，适用于个体的发展。但面对国家治理和国际关系时相关的哲学是系统性缺失的，政策的制定带有强烈的理想主义色彩，缺乏战略思维。俄乌战争是个典型的例子，美国的战略目标非常清晰，削弱俄罗斯和欧洲的实力以及其合作的可能性，其根本目的是阻止能与美国抗衡的对手出现。欧洲和美国虽然是表面的盟友关系，但这种合作关系不是对等的，支持欧洲的最大原因是冷战思维的延续，及对抗俄罗斯。所以说正确的战略应该是口头上批评俄罗斯，但实际上它不惜一切代价的保护俄罗斯，避免俄乌开战。否则一种局面是像今天这样，欧洲和俄罗斯同时被打垮。另外一种局面，假设俄罗斯真的被打败并且解体了，欧洲就会取代俄罗斯成为美国第二大战略制裁的对象。以目前欧洲的不团结和对美国的军事依赖，怎么说呢，加拿大变成美国第51个州，欧洲分分钟就变第52个。

[@0reo2]

As a German, this sounds like a reasonable analysis of the German situation

[@r.r.r.918]

It’s rich that the Europe, the land of high tariffs, is accusing the United States of adopting a beggar-thy-neighbor policy. There was a $202.5 billion dollar goods trade deficit with the EU in 2022. The free lunch is over, and tariffs between the US and the EU will now be reciprocal.

[@ibrahimtouman2279]

Europe's economic problems don't matter, what matters is that Zelensky is kept well fed at any cost

[@slackdee]

😀

[@Ju88327]

We struggle because of the energy. But we will overcome this.

[@aburakadabura2]

Germany, which once invaded neighboring countries and caused great damage, has a special obligation to provide both material and moral support to countries suffering in the modern day from the effects of aggression.

[@gerardodemarsico]

No

[@OguzhanM-wv1cm]

@@gerardodemarsicopls?

[@jgripen969]

So what you want is to ruin an already weak German economy? If German economy goes under, so does the rest of europe. You don't realize how important Germany is. You're thinking with your heart, not your brain. PS, the allies tried your strategy after WW1, and all it did was create a German middle class that had to go to the soup kitchens and subsequently, WW2.

[@har8397]

3:00 we need to keep perspective. In the end, these are tiny countries. For perspective, the us and China make up 60% of the GLOBAL economy

[@KAD010900]

European contries will always be the most powerful and important countries.

[@TheMillersbadge]

Why just not follow the US model🤔? It works you know.

[@stereomtl9001]

hmmmm ....that's a tough one 🤔, head scratcher right there , could it be ....I don't know ...., maybe THE WAR 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HhmidaBouhhdida]

Strategic one for Germany , or Strategic move for Germany ,,, leaving the EU and nato.

[@johnjohnson-io1os]

Its about the Ukraine war duh. Reap what you sow with your sanctions on Russia that is clearly ineffective

[@noworriesnoproblems6382]

I went to Paris last year not many French people there.

[@EST1865]

Thank goodness for Brexit

[@Desalnietteminimaal]

Many bots today. Great video!

[@SandyJ-hi9vn]

Give money to Ukraine, support more for for wars, bring more illegal immigrants.. This will definitely help to grow your economy!!!

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

"Give money to Ukraine" The amount given to Ukraine is trivial compared with the economies of France and Germany.

[@SandyJ-hi9vn]

@ and what about suffering from job loss, high inflations, high energy prices, higher cost of living.. Germany cuts natural gas supply from 🇷🇺 due to which many companies, people starts suffering.. I also lost my job..

[@thewingedringer]

@@SandyJ-hi9vn Vlad, you need better scripts

[@KbB-kz9qp]

Nope - not without los cost energy.

[@JanNowak-q7m]

Because Germany selected to become world's top most consumer and is deeply convinced the world has to support and feed Germany.

[@univeropa3363]

Because we subordinated ourselves to America.

[@colinpapendick5628]

I turn these on and listen but I heard the first guest name as "Cotton Jetski"

[@13infbatt]

Stagnating / collapsing?

[@szanar8422]

Let's be honest after everything Germany has done it never deserved to have good economy in the first place...

[@gerardodemarsico]

Because the rest of the planet never gone to war and never killed people in the process, right ?

[@Yash-re7hc]

Europe should make policy for china Trade to reduce dependency and trade with other countries like vietnam, india and other countries ❤.

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

I think Germany needs a political turnaround, not economically policy adjustment. Get rid of this government, start with fresh faces that balance the stance between US and Russia. The mutual distrust between the 2 nations (Germany and Russia) has to vanish.

[@thewingedringer]

It'll vanish once Putin is dragged to the Hague.

[@SweetAngel-s8r]

So we saved up a massive buffer. Time to spend it. Build the future. Energy, infrastructure, semi-conductors a top tier military and a worldclass education system. Make Germany great again

[@lucyfrye6723]

I can't see Europe not be stagnant or shrink and that doesn't have to be through any fault of their own, at least not the politicians'. Energy, demographics (too few people in their productive years) and the resistance to employ foreign workers from the population will do it. Not much any government can do about all of that. They will get the blame of course but when that happens it will not be reasonable. There is no shame in not growing for a few decades. It is not a race. Things will be fine.

[@NorthSea-xb7jk]

ну если мигрантам раздавать деньги, конечно не хватит

[@cliffbarber1642]

Problem in Germany is systemic: largest export industry motor vehicles is dramatically shrinking and can’t easily be replaced. My prediction: Germany will slide back into being a mediocre unremarkable economy more like Austria, Luxembourg or Poland.

[@d.sertsedesta4106]

Why do you ask the question with obvious answer? Why don’t you ask about Nord Stream pipelines and similar terrorist acts instead? The entire EU is under the rule of Zelenskyy.

[@ElKaramel]

FFS once and for all, forget about green technology based economic model, we don"t have access to the raw materials on our territory. It was just way how to limit China's dependency on oil imports and technology involved, Europe fell victim and keeps falling the stairs even further..

[@darvidkoh2707]

Europe's largest economies are already on the slippery slope to ruin and DW keeps saying China's economy is facing a crisis when it is stabilizing. DW should just focus on Europe's domestic issues and not venture where it does not have expertise.

[@cowubl]

Germany , UK are very small countries in the current world when compare to US, China, India, Russia.

[@santostv.]

Dw is a international news channel, Germany is the 4th biggest economy and has theirs coffers full , French is the 7th biggest economy and has increase debt still I think they are less exposed.

[@darvidkoh2707]

@@santostv. Oh yeah? Germany and France in less crisis than China? How so? China is still on track to achieve 5 per cent target economic growth while both UK and France will not even have 2 per cent economic growth which is less than half.

[@norad_clips]

China’s economy ain’t stabilizing

[@darvidkoh2707]

@@cowubl Germany, UK are small compared to China. But is China in crisis when it is still on track to achieve official economic growth target of 5 per cent? When has DW ever been right about describing China as being in crisis when it is not?

[@devalapar7878]

Economists find Germany's debt break silly. Debt break makes no sense. Debt is part of the economy. If you use it in a productive manner, debt can be incredibly helpful. But if you use debt to pay things that aren't productive, debt is really bad.

[@nerdwarrior0956]

allowing geriatric people to work when they should retire is a sin, EU is going the way of America, might as well emigrate out

[@master8127]

Rising pension entry age wont do anything. Babyboomers are going NOW into retirement, the age would have to increase immediately next year basically. Impossible to get a political majority for such a thing. The only solution will be to reduce pension benefits or see how the youth flees ever increasing taxes on wages

[@MrBlackMarvel]

YOU MISSPELLED FAILED US-NATO PROXY WAR IN UKRAINE*

[@bakeccho1924]

Because of restless support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia😂

[@Mautiks]

30-hour work weeks? 2-hour lunch breaks? Extended maternity and paternity leave? And you wonder why you are stagnating? 😂

[@jonpaul3868]

Hi labour costs, cut cheap energy and materials from Russia😂

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@Mautiks]

@ Yes. They are geniuses in the EU 🤣

[@aurelije]

That would actually help both productivity, creativity and help demography. I don't know if you are aware that Germany is in middle ages with the work They still do not have 8 hours work day in 3rd decade of 21st century. You work 9 till 18 because break is not part of work time, unlike in my Serbia where you work 9 till 17 or 8 till 16.

[@santostv.]

If that was the main reason it wouldn’t have worked for decades, the problem is deeper than that but in simple term aging population and low tech development especially in the engine of the eu Germany

[@edwardneilsen2139]

If you think things are bad now: here comes the Trump recession if not depression in the United States.

[@varpen]

How to know that it's a russian bot the comments? Easy - it talks about cheap energy or gas.

[@donkeychan491]

Higher energy prices are one of the most important factors behind loss of competitiveness. Why wouldn't people refer to it?

[@HhmidaBouhhdida]

If Germany get out of the European union, or leave the European union, the french will be in big trouble,,,back to eating anything,,,Germany should leave the European union and nato, for their best interest, strategic more for this great Nation, all the best for Germany.

[@alvindon7350]

I think all e.u nations and u.s.a will help each other to global shift it for ex. Start in Germany shifting this model.

[@gokurockstar07]

Hire a better economic planner find an alternative source of energy resources.

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

33 years Soviet has fallen. Automatically the world has become capitalist and democratic. The question is why the world is getting poorer?

[@damiengerard3819]

Tax the rich and big corporations then invest in public infrastructure, education, social programs and reindustrialization. There, problem solved.

[@PerryBelcourt-t4t]

Sun and wind hahaha

[@TheWhiterock38]

Love that they don't want to discuss the government benefits going to the foreigners who entered the government from 3rd world countries and aren't contributing to the economy other then harassing the local population and receiving government benefit. The absolute best example is the UK. Also in my country we spent $220 million USD to put illegal immigrants in NYC In Roosevelt hotel and they receive government benefits at the same time.