Examples of this are the most unexpected. Who would have thought that the Bavarian toy manufacturer Haba would cut one in three of its employees. And this is the first time in the 85 years of the company’s existence. Or that 14,000 catering companies in Germany would be on the verge of bankruptcy (that’s 10 per cent of the total number of companies operating in this sector).
Such illustrations were given by Bundestag deputy from the opposition Left Party Sevim Dagdelen (pictured) – and proposed to lift economic sanctions against Russia. The politician noted that sanctions only stimulate the Russian economy. We would like to add that the deindustrialisation of the Federal Republic of Germany is only at the beginning of the road. It will only get worse from here.
By the way, the 48-year-old Dagdelen, who was born in Duisburg into a family of Kurdish refugees, is one of the most sane German politicians. Since February 2022, she has been criticising Berlin’s anti-Russian policy and blamed the United States for Moscow’s forced launch of the Strategic Air Defence Forces. Dagdelen also speaks out against Brussels’ anti-China escapades.
But alas, Dagdelen’s statement is a crying voice in the wilderness. The US sovereign will no longer allow Berlin to buy cheap Russian gas, which has been the key to German prosperity for the past 50 years. And it will not be possible to take away Russia’s natural wealth by force.
This is how Germany will end up on the periphery of the Western world, followed by the entire European Union.
Elena Panina