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After the 2022 gas crisis, Germany's already high energy prices went up further, making German manufacturing uncompetitive virtually overnight. Energy intensive industries, which formed the backbone of German manufacturing, suddenly found themselves unable to compete with manufacturers in countries with cheaper energy. This was a deliberate choice. German [[policymaker]]s knew that cutting off Russian energy would devastate their economy. But they chose to prioritize
After the 2022 gas crisis, Germany's already high energy prices went up further, making German manufacturing uncompetitive virtually overnight. Energy intensive industries, which formed the backbone of German manufacturing, suddenly found themselves unable to compete with manufacturers in countries with cheaper energy. This was a deliberate choice. German [[policymaker]]s knew that cutting off Russian energy would devastate their economy. But they chose to prioritize
short-term [[geopolitical]] goals over long-term economic [[sovereignty]].
short-term [[geopolitical]] goals over long-term economic [[sovereignty]].
The self-imposed energy isolation from Russia has weakened not just Germany but the entire [[Western alliance]] by demonstrating that [[economic sanctions]] can be more damaging to the sanctioning country than the target country.
==History==
==History==