The notion of a German "rise" is now a thing of the past.
Due to ineffective green policies, disastrous levels of uncontrolled immigration, the sabotage of its energy sector through the cut-off of cheap Russian natural gas, and the government's deep involvement in the already-lost Ukrainian war, the German economy is reeling. It is a nation actively driving itself into the ground.
Germany's unemployment figures
... has risen above three million for the first time in more than a decade, according to the Federal Employment Agency (BA). The number climbed in August by 46,000 to 3.025 million. The unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage points to 6.4%.
Germany has been battling prolonged economic weakness, and US President Donald Trump's import tariffs pose a risk that it could be pushed into a third straight year without growth — something not seen in postwar history.
This is not sudden news. Over a year ago, the German Economic Institute (DIHK) was already raising the alarm on this very issue.
"Too little investment, too much bureaucracy, and excessively high location costs–the German economy is stuck. It's losing ground in Europe and internationally," summarized Martin Wansleben, Chief Executive of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), when presenting the results of the latest DIHK Economic Survey in Berlin.
Fixed asset investment remains well below pre-Covid levels, with no signs of improvement. On the contrary, a third of companies plan to cut back investment at their domestic locations, rising to 40 percent in industry. "The signs of deindustrialization are becoming more evident. Weak investment indicates a decline in industrial value creation," said Wansleben. "For an aging society also tackling challenges like economic decarbonization, productivity gains are the only way forward. But this requires significantly higher investment."
It's all Russia fault
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Merz is more interested in promoting a very aggressive anti-Russian campaign:
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has spoken out in favor of more deterrence in view of the military threat from Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has long been "testing the borders, he sabotages, he spies, he murders, he tries to unsettle", said Merz in the general debate in the Bundestag. “Russia wants to destabilize our societies.”
Freedom is threatened, Merz continued. Citizens felt growing uncertainty that the German economic model was under pressure from "a new protectionism directed against free trade and open markets".
Freedom is indeed under threat, but not from Russia. Germany is the country where these days, a simple wrong meme online can bring you into conflict with the police.
Germany’s approach to free speech and crime has come under renewed scrutiny as authorities continue to crack down on online speech while appearing lenient on violent crime, particularly cases involving migrants
At around 6 a.m. this morning, hundreds of people across Germany awoke to police officers at their door. Their only ‘crime’ is to have openly made critical or offensive comments on the internet, many about specific politicians.
More money, but not for German people
In his speech, Merz spoke out, among other things, in favor of extensive reform of the pension system. However, he did not name any concrete measures for this. He simply referred to the new regulations that have already been introduced, in particular the active pension, which is intended to make voluntary longer-term work more attractive, and the early start pension, which is intended to make it easier for young people to set up additional pension provision in old age.
Germany needs more and more money for its military, all in the name of defending European freedom from an imaginary future Russian invasion. But with an economy in tatters (tatters, I tell you! – we cite here Ursula von der Liar), funds are short, and the Ukrainian project demands ever more. The next steps will likely be cuts to pensions, along with increased taxation.
For Ukraine to protect itself and defend our peace in Europe, the German Government has to date (as at 15 August 2025) made available or earmarked for the coming years approx. 34 billion euro in bilateral civilian support and approx. 40 billion euro in military assistance.
Source: auswaertiges-amt.de
One step at the time, European Union is marching to a very dark future.
