If you take into account that Volkswagen is a kind of litmus test and centerpiece for Germany as a business location, and if you consider the latest news that Volkswagen will probably have to close plants in Germany and then look at the share price compared to its key competitors, then you have to say that things look very dark for Germany and industry in Europe in general. With its erratic ideological policies, Germany is de-industrializing the continent and taking on incredible historical responsibility for what is to come, social volatility and decline. But these are categories in which political actors no longer think in their full supply today.