Why France and Germany are stagnating | DW News

Germany and France, the EU's two most powerful countries, are in crisis. In both cases, governments have collapsed primarily over a failure to agree on how to manage the economy. While both nations are struggling with the decline of core industries, when it comes to public spending, they have completely opposite problems. DW Business speaks to Carsten Brzeski, Chief Eurozone Economist at ING, about the impact political instability is having on the European economy and what needs to be done to turn things around. For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https://www.dw.com/en/german-election... Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram:   / dwnews   ►TikTok:   / dwnews   ►Facebook:   / deutschewellenews   ►Twitter:   / dwnews   Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie:    / dwdeutsch   Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche... #Germany #France #Economy