As everybody knows, Germany has the 4th or 5th biggest economy in the world. But currently the country is on the brink of an economic crash b/c of inflation and energy shortages, especially gas and electricity, caused by the US and EU sanctions against Russia, which is the biggest energy and raw material supplier for Germany. Prediction: my crystal ball shows that the current German 3-party useless trash coalition govt of Scholz will be forced to step down, and in late this year or early next year new elections will be held. New chancellor of Germany will be Markus Söder, the current minister-president of the Bavarian state. He is a conservative real-politician, not an ideological "woke"-idiot like the greens, the "liberals", the socialists, or the ultra-leftists. FYI: Bavaria is like Texas to the federation , and it's the richest state. But OTOH Bavaria is unfortunately also a quasi police-state...