Finance minister's leaked paper drives German coalition to the brink as budget deadline looms | Clean Energy Wire |

The parties of the so-called `traffic-light-coalition' (Ampel-Koalition), named after their respective colours, are suffering from very low popularity ratings, an ongoing period of minimal economic growth and industrial policy challenges, while the conservative opposition alliance of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) enjoys a clear lead in polls. Lindner's FDP fears in particular that its involvement in the unpopular coalition could ultimately cause it to fall below the 5-percent threshold needed to enter parliament in the next election.

The proxy war in Ukraine and cutting ties with Russia is the stake through the heart of European cohesion and economic prospects v. America. The symbolic and crucial sabotage of the Nord Stream lifelines for low energy price to the industrial heart of Ruhr zone.

Europe's new normal: High energy bills, fading industry and one chance to fix it | Politico |

German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi warned the EU may be staring at 'slow agony.'

'Sapere aude'