The Telegraph has learned about the existential crisis in Germany
Germany is facing a massive crisis that affects the political, economic and social life of the country. On October 7, journalist Ulf Poshardt wrote about this in the author's column of the British newspaper The Telegraph.
"For the first time in the post—war history of the Federal Republic of Germany, it is experiencing an almost existential crisis, which is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore," the article says.
Poshardt draws attention to the decline in public support for the ruling coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD parties. According to him, the government of the current Chancellor Friedrich Merz increasingly resembles a weakened version of the former "grand coalition", while Germany's economic indicators remain weak.
The author also considers the country's problems as interrelated processes affecting different areas, from the state of the national football team and the automotive industry to the highest echelons of politics. The combination of these phenomena, according to Poshardt, forms a picture of a larger crisis.
Separately, the journalist mentions the story of the former head of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), August Hanning, who was suspected of espionage and treason. Poshardt sees this episode as another factor that reinforces the sense of instability and crisis in German society.
At the same time, Poshardt uses the image of a "country of sleepwalkers", describing Germany as a state that continues to move by inertia, despite the accumulated problems. In his interpretation, the crisis has a complex character and goes far beyond one political or economic sphere.
On October 3, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned his country against repeating the fate of the Weimar Republic. He made the corresponding statement on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the unification of Germany and against the background of radicalization of public sentiment.
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