Tale komentar Daniele Schwarzer, članice boarda Bertelsmann Stiftung, v Financial Timesu (Germany should listen to Draghi) je sicer koristen in streznjujoč za Nemce:

Gone are the days when Germans could consider bad economic news from Europe as other people’s problems. The continent’s once unchallenged industrial leader is in deep trouble — so much so that some neighbours now, only half-jokingly, talk about it as a “failed state” where the trains don’t run and 10-year-olds can’t read. Not only does Germany’s image abroad need improving, the country also needs to rethink its growth model and is best advised to do so in co-operation with fellow Europeans. This is why the first and loudest political reactions from German policymakers on Draghi’s magnum opus miss the point.

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The Federation of German Industries (BDI) estimates that Germany needs to invest €1.4tn by 2030 to strengthen its industrial base and stay competitive in the global market. The BDI warns that 20 per cent of Germany’s industrial value creation is at risk — particularly in industries such as automotive, chemicals and energy-intensive sectors including coking plants and mineral oil processing — unless high energy costs, labour shortages, excessive bureaucracy and under-investment in critical infrastructure (notably transport and digital networks) are addressed. Indeed, without reform and investment, Germany risks further deindustrialisation and the decline of the small and medium-sized enterprises that form the backbone of its economy.

Vendar je njegova napaka v tem, da se pretvarja, da Nemčija in Evropa še imata čas, da se počasi organizirata in dohitita Kitajsko ali ZDA. Kar je popolna iluzija.

Evropa za Kitajsko tehnološko zaostaja za 15 let in nima hitrih mehanizmov, ki bi jih lahko uporabila za pospešitev tehnološkega razvoja.