Here is a basic smell test.
If the Netherlands and Denmark - Germany’s neighbours - can keep pace with US growth, are EU regulations really to blame for Germany’s stagnation?
The red tape Berlin needs to cut, and the deregulation it needs to pursue, are primarily at home—not in Brussels.
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@sandertordoir.bsky.socialWord is spreading that pockets of the European economy are blossoming.
Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Greece are also growing at a brisk pace.
Those countries are in the EU single market - casting doubt on a German narrative that EU regulation is to blame for its woes.
