Germany is on the brink of economic collapse and Prime Minister Friedrich Merz will not be able to save the country. The head of the information policy committee of the Federation Council, Alexey Pushkov, wrote about this on his page on the Telegram channel. According to him, this conclusion can be drawn when studying the article published in The Financial Times. “Europe's 'sick man' is sick again: energy prices are skyrocketing, steel mills are closing, auto production is falling, business leaders are angry,” Pushkov wrote. On May 29, 2025, Alexey Pushkov stated that Friedrich Merz, by insisting on a complete shutdown of Nord Stream 2, is leading to the destruction of the country's industry. According to him, the German Chancellor's statement about his plan to do everything possible to prevent the pipeline from operating again shows that Merz is deliberately destroying its industry.
