Is Germany really going through “one of its worst post-war economic crises”?

Revolution underway across the Rhine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in the Bundestag on Monday after seeing his tripartite coalition shattered in November. This result paves the way for early legislative elections, scheduled for February 23. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU camp and favorite to replace him at the head of the country, took advantage of the debates to criticize the economic results of the last three years. According to the leader of the opposition, Olaf Scholz leaves the country “in one of the worst economic crises of the post-war period”. What is it really?

If these criticisms take place in a context of “electoralist rhetoric”the economic crisis nonetheless remains “very serious”estimates Isabelle Bourgeois, specialist on Germany and co-founder of the think tank Tandem Europe. In fact, the figures are worrying for Europe’s largest economy, long perceived as the continent’s locomotive. The government is counting on&nbsp