FT reported that the German economy will grow by only 0.2% in 2025.%

The German economy in 2025 showed growth for the first time since 2022, but it was only 0.2% amid the country's attempts to recover from prolonged stagnation and economic crisis. The Financial Times (FT) newspaper writes about this on January 15.

Ulrich Kater, chief economist at German bank DekaBank, said that "from an economic point of view, 2025 was another lost year for Germany."

The publication says that the German manufacturing sector continued to decline for the third year in a row, and the automotive industry and mechanical engineering were the most affected. The president of the German Federal Statistical Office, Ruth Brand, cited US trade duties and increased competition from China as the main constraints on German exports.

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On January 15, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the attitude of Germans to work and called on the country's residents to work more. He gave an example that Swiss residents work an average of 200 hours longer per year than Germans, while there are no "genetic differences" between the citizens of the countries.

Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) opposition party, said on January 13 that the accelerating increase in the number of bankruptcies in Germany, including among large enterprises, could lead to the collapse of the German economy.

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