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Of course, we have an energy crisis and too much bureaucracy. Who in their right mind would want to run a company here?

>>anders+(OP)
Me, because the Situation is not really bad?

>>bluefl+7
A serious question: Is the situation better than other economies?

>>anders+(OP)
Existing businesses could still exist, but Germans are often too risk-averse to adapt to new reality. I have read about a large bakery which closed because of relatively small increase in operational costs: it didn’t make sense to me as he did not try to change anything to save the business, but the owner was too pissed with good old times being gone forever. In countries like Russia he would be laughed at.

The good thing is that those leavers create opportunities for others, because Germany is still a rich country with a lot of consumer demand,

>>trueis+G
How would i know? The company runs in Germany and is a local business.

>>ivan_g+N
The classic outsider perspective: I can move in several dimensions, why cant they? Cause its diffcult, by law, by the supply and demand of various ressources.

>>trueis+G
GDP wise Germany economy grew 0.3% in 2023. I think, it's one of the lowest in OECD if not the lowest.

>>tchall+s3
This is not good, but the doom is over exaggerated. Especially compared to another countries (cough US) Germany has a functioning policy system. Reforms are very possible, population is not polarised.

>>InDubi+D1
As a German living in Berlin I’m not exactly an outsider, though I do have an outside perspective. In Germany business environment is not harsh compared to many other places. Based on my observations here people are part of the problem too.

>>bluefl+i1
It makes no sense to think about whether a situation is good or bad without comparing it to other economies in a globalized world. If all economies are suffering, then the problems are bigger than a single country. But if only one economy is suffering, the problems are definitely specific to that country. So, situation might not be that bad because theres no real loss, but may be the economy is suffering from opportunity loss. So your competitors are growing at 4% and your growing at 1% which means effectively you're shrinking at ~2%.

>>snowpi+Fh
Given the constant noise we hear about policy paralysis and everything taking years to move, reforms seem really really hard.

>>trueis+HX3
I guess people don't have a clue about Germany's problems and their reasons. ( And many Germans just don't agree to that, too)

For example there have been short and medium term actions to lower down the electricity prices.

There have been some attempts to slow down the bureaucracy.

There have been a strong push for digitalisation (Especially the health system is on nice track, currently). Also it is esspeucz annoying by American HNs to read critics as digital government in US is bad. Estonia is the role model, here.

At all, this is the federal or national level. Other level do try to improve the situation! Darmstadt's push on pharmacy is very impressive, Schlesig Holstein becomes centre for green Energy and also EU is very important here.