"Relying on Russia and China for decades, Germany is now ..."

Author:Global Times Time:2022.08.27

Russia and Ukraine have been upgraded for half a year. Recently, many foreign media have resumed the status quo of Western countries, especially the European Union. German media is also discussing that in the past few decades, Germany has relying on Russia's energy, Chinese supply chain and market support for business models. Can it continue?

On August 24th, German media articles said that in short, Germany's business model has been operating in the past few decades: it has obtained a lot of cheap energy from Russia, and the upstream products obtained from China have been processed into high -quality products, and the main is the main Exit back to China. China is the most important trading partner in Germany. All economic fields depend on the Chinese market, and the supply chain in other fields also depends on Chinese suppliers.

A pillar of this system has been crumbling. Several EU sanctions have seriously limited trade with Russia, and fewer and fewer raw materials such as natural gas, petroleum and coal flowing to Germany are getting less and less.

Due to the limited energy supply of Russia, Robert Habeck, the German Economic and Climate Protection of the Green Party, had to break environmental protection taboos and restarted the closed coal -fired power plant. He may even have to extend the operation of the nuclear power plant. As part of the gradual elimination of nuclear energy plans in Germany, the last three reactors should be closed at the end of this year, which was originally the core issue of the Green Party.

German media said that the German government is working hard to develop new energy from all over the world, and politicians, business leaders and people are waiting for the upcoming winter. This season will "cruelly reveal" the degree of unity of Germans and Europe.

And another pillar -the trade with China is still strong. The article states that some people are uneasy about this dependence and have been pressured by the United States. The Berlin government has begun to formulate a national security strategy, and it is also the first time.

On August 25, the US "Wall Street Journal" website also released a comment article to analyze "how the Ukrainian war is changing Germany."

German Chancellor Tsutz promised in February this year that in order to cope with the Russian -Ukraine conflict, Germany will carry out comprehensive reforms. He announced three transformations in his speeches on February 27. First of all, Berlin will re -invest in military to meet NATO's target about 2%of the GDP (GDP) for national defense. Specifically, Berlin will use this fund to upgrade fighter aircraft and other equipment. Second, Germany will regard energy policy as a national security issue and gradually get rid of the dependence on Russia's natural gas. Third, Berlin will no longer carry out "blind" diplomacy for diplomacy.

The US media pointed out the problem of low sense of Souls since taking office, and described it with "absence" and "Berlin without helmsman".

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At the same time, the article on the US "Forbes" magazine published an article on the 23rd of the senior columnist that the sanctions on Russia after the upgrade of Russia and Ukraine have turned Europe into "the third world in the Western world's" Third World. '".

"These days, the European stock market has performed the worst performance in the Western world. Even emerging markets have done better. Inflation in European countries such as Britain, Germany, and other European countries is more serious than Mexico." Columnist Kennis Rapaza (Kenneth Rapoza) pointed out.

Lapaza quoted an investor to say that before providing some solutions, Europe will maintain the status quo of "the third world in the Western world". To this end, he also invited Vladimir Signorelli, the head of the Bretton Forest Research Company to evaluate this statement.

"They must be developing in that direction." Snoverlli said, "In Germany, the Green Party is still opposing nuclear energy. I really don't understand. They are on the fast track leading to the Third World Energy Plan."

However, "if I heard that Kyiv and Moscow were negotiating secretly, and Germany and China participated in it, it would make me very optimistic about Europe." He said.

Source: Observer.com

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