Germany at the vote between industrial crisis and the end of the certainties of the Merkel era. For the new leader Merz, governing will be a puzzle. With the shadow of Afd

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Germany at the vote between industrial crisis and the end of the certainties of the Merkel era. For the new leader Merz, governing will be a puzzle. With the shadow of Afd

A serious economic crisis and the reduced political importance since reunification represent a dangerous situation for the most populous and richest country in the European Union. On Sunday, 59 million Germans will have the right to vote for the new Bundestag: two million less than in the 2021 elections. Demography is just one of many factors: Germany is a declining power, everyone has understood it, but no chancellor candidate seems to have a r…