Germany's paralysis threatens the European economy. Analysts and institutions expect flat growth by 2024 and fear that the country's stagnation will infect France and Italy.
Germany still represents more than a quarter of the wealth of the euro zone. “The eurozone economy is growing less due to the strong dependence and interconnection between Germany and other countries such as France and Italian,” says Raymond Torres, director of Economics at the Savings Banks Foundation (Funcas) The coming months, with the first interest rate cuts in sight, will be key to determining whether the country manages to get out of the hole.