:And it would be good if Russia-West relations improved over time and Russian natural gas flows and oil flows increased to Europe. The war in Ukraine [https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-11-23/germany-is-kaput-why-the-economic-model-no-longer-works-in-the-proud-country-of-automobiles.html and its attendant energy cost rise has hurt Germany's economy] which is an important economy in Europe. I am partly of German descent and plan on visiting Germany. It would be nice to visit a prosperous Germany and not a deindustrialized Germany. | :And it would be good if Russia-West relations improved over time and Russian natural gas flows and oil flows increased to Europe. The war in Ukraine [https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-11-23/germany-is-kaput-why-the-economic-model-no-longer-works-in-the-proud-country-of-automobiles.html and its attendant energy cost rise has hurt Germany's economy] which is an important economy in Europe. I am partly of German descent and plan on visiting Germany. It would be nice to visit a prosperous Germany and not a deindustrialized Germany. |