“During Angela Merkel’s 16 years as chancellor (2005–2021), Germany maintained a consistent trade surplus with China rather than a trade deficit or debt, driven by robust German industrial and auto exports. Germany’s trade deficit with China has quadrupled since 2020, reaching an unhealthy €90 billion in 2025 during Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s early tenure.” Google AI. It’s why VW is having significant problems! Merkel and Merz are members of the same party and the party is definitely over for them!
“Germany’s lack of birthright citizenship, longtime laws against dual citizenship, and long naturalization waiting times mean many years long and even lifetime residents cannot vote in the place they live and work. Around 59.2 million Germans in Germany will be eligible to vote. However, around 10 million people living in Germany won’t be able to cast a vote because they aren’t German citizens. That means about 14% of Germany’s adult population will be excluded from voting because of their nationality. ” DW. You also need to speak German to become a citizen but they do let 16 year olds vote!
And that is all I[m going to say about that!
