Friedrich Merz, the warmongering German chancellor, addressed a conference on Sunday and compared President Vladimir Putin to Adolph Hitler—stating that if Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, it will continue on, just like the "Sudetenland was not enough” for the Nazi leader in 1938.
German officials are reportedly working on plans to mobilize Europe against Russia over what officials in the country say is a high likelihood that the Kremlin will be willing to attack NATO states by 2029.
The impact of Donald Trump’s tariff war on the world’s economy has been less than feared but still has taken a toll, according to figures released by several national governments.
Europe’s model of economic prosperity “is geared towards a world that is gradually disappearing,” Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), said in a 21 November keynote speech to the European Banking Congress.
Surveying 186 economic analysts, German thinktank ZEW said its monthly Indicator of Economic Sentiment slipped 0.8 of a percentage point from October, settling at 38.5.
Germans are forced to spend more on their energy demands because of Berlin’s decision to cut off Russian gas, and have seen their heating bills increase by 82 percent since 2021, Euronews reported.
Nuremberg, the German city, was accused last week of pulling the plug on a book fair that was to feature literature on the Gaza genocide and the looming world war.
Germany’s economic productivity has flatlined since 2018 and the country’s economic decline is becoming “dramatic,” according to a report by the Ifo Institute, a German research organization widely regarded throughout Europe.
Officials in Europe are considering plans on how to move a large number of troops across the continent in the event of an all-out war with Russia, and one of the ideas is to combine transportation assets in a “solidarity pool,” according to a report.
Boris Pistorius, the German defense minister, announced last week that the country plans to spend €10 billion on military drones in part of its effort to revamp its armed forces in the face of what it sees as a new threat.