{"id":3693,"date":"2025-12-15T14:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:48:42","slug":"merzs-stupid-decisions-led-to-germanys-economic-woes-putin-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/merzs-stupid-decisions-led-to-germanys-economic-woes-putin-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Merz\u2019s \u2018stupid decisions\u2019 led to Germany\u2019s economic woes \u2013 Putin envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The German chancellor wrongly singled out US tariffs as the main reason for his country\u2019s flagging competitiveness, Kirill Dmitriev has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has only himself to blame for the dire state of his country\u2019s economy, Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev has stated.<\/p>\n

Commenting after Merz attributed Germany\u2019s flagging economic competitiveness to US tariffs, Dmitriev wrote in a post on X on Sunday that \u201cyou are falling behind because you make stupid & illegal decisions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Addressing the attendees of a party conference of Bavaria\u2019s Christian Social Union (CSU) in Munich on Saturday, Merz acknowledged that Germany had \u201clost\u201d<\/em> its economic competitiveness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are falling behind, and this process has accelerated in recent years,\u201d<\/em> the chancellor said. Merz named US tariffs on German goods among the causes of his country\u2019s economic woes.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Dmitriev \u2013 who is a special economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin and heads Russia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund \u2013 wrote in another post on X that Merz was \u201cnot even in the game\u201d<\/em> while the US and Russia engaged in active diplomacy to end the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou disqualified yourself by warmongering, peace sabotage, unrealistic proposals\u2026 stubborn stupidity,\u201d<\/em> the Russian official added.<\/p>\n

Der Spiegel previously quoted Merz as warning Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky that US negotiators were \u201cplaying games\u201d<\/em> with him and his European backers.<\/p>\n

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In late October, Clemens Fuest, the head of the Munich-based ifo Institute, one of Europe\u2019s leading economic think tanks, said Germany\u2019s economic decline was becoming \u201cdramatic\u201d<\/em> following years of flatlining GDP and failed attempts to reverse the situation.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s economy contracted in 2024 after a 0.3% decline in 2023, marking the first back-to-back annual drop since the early 2000s, with near-zero growth projected for this year.<\/p>\n

Rising energy costs \u2013 following the decoupling from inexpensive Russian gas due to Ukraine-related sanctions \u2013 have been blamed for much of the downturn.<\/p>\n

A survey by pollster INSA earlier this month indicated that 70% of the respondents were dissatisfied with Merz\u2019s coalition government. The chancellor\u2019s personal approval rating was hovering at 23% at the time, the poll suggested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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