As a result of the energy failures inherited from Merkel, Germany has entered a cycle of ultimate impotence. However, the real phenomenon here is that Germany (and the EU in general) is deliberately deprived of energy. Before starting the article, we can approach the subject more accurately if we understand what General Hastings Ismay, the first Secretary General of NATO, said.
“NATO exists for three reasons: to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down.”
Let’s start by examining the map of American bases on German soil:
There are a total of 40 American bases and nearly 35,000 American soldiers in Germany, although nearly 200 have been closed. If we consider that the Bundeswehr has 180,000 current soldiers, we can easily say that one in every six soldiers on German soil is American. The main reason for this, as everyone knows, is that it was not smart to leave the world alone after the First World War.
A few years after Germany was reunited, Chancellor Schröder said that nuclear energy sources would be abandoned and renewable sources would be used. After his term ended, he started working at the Russian energy giant Gazprom. What a coincidence. Now let’s examine Schröder’s energy policies:
In 2000, Schröder signed the nuclear agreement. According to this agreement, Germany would close all its nuclear facilities by 2020. Even at that time, nuclear power plants were meeting more than 30% of its energy needs, and it was no surprise that there was an energy deficit. Later, in Schröder’s last term, the Nord Stream project was drafted. Accordingly, Germany would meet its energy needs from Russia. Merkel also supported these policies and announced that they would end the use of nuclear energy in 2022.
According to Berkeley economists, the annual cost of this transition was $12 billion.
In addition, during this process, Germany had to oppose Russia’s removal from Swift. Various methods were discussed to solve this problem. The newest of these methods was the IMEC corridor. This corridor, starting from China, would continue in India, meet the Mediterranean from Israel and from there to Europe. A few weeks later, as we all know, Israel was in complete chaos. The fact that this line also starts in China is of particular importance. I will touch on this later.
Another project that came to the agenda after Assad was the Nabucco Pipeline. The project was designed by German RWE and Austrian OMV. However, these companies later withdrew from the project and the project was rebuilt jointly by Turkish BOTAŞ, Azerbaijani SOCAR and British BP. It was noteworthy that this line passed over the old Russian-American influence line. Again, Germany is being eliminated from this project.
It is clearly seen that the US, Russia and sometimes the UK are making Germany’s efforts to access energy difficult through various interventions. At this point, it has begun to be discussed that China could be an important ally for Germany and Europe. China has been purchasing companies and ports from Europe for years. The US is quite complaining about this issue. While the EU needs China’s military capacity and population because it is under pressure in military and energy matters, China has also started to depend on the EU’s technology and economy.
Some notable events occurred during this period. Germany’s ambassador to China, Jen Hecker, passed away two weeks after taking office. Czechia’s richest businessman, Petr Kellner, was found dead in Alaska while he was an entrepreneur doing business in China. France’s Dassault Corporation heir and MP Oliver Dassault died in a helicopter crash shortly after proposing to move the R&D center to Beijing. After Macron visited China, both France and North Africa were in turmoil.
At the end of this whole process, unfortunately, the EU was the losing side of the war. Dozens of factories were closed, gas was cut off in some countries and there were changes in power. Unfortunately, this is the reason for Germany’s current situation.
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