Germany's Bureaucratic Beast Devours €51B: Economic Freedom in Free Fall
The European economic powerhouse is transforming into a bureaucratic black hole, with shocking new data revealing the true cost of Germany's regulatory addiction. Since 2011, Berlin's paper-pushing paradise has ballooned compliance costs to a staggering €30B annually - that's 0.7% of GDP literally burned on red tape.
Berenberg Bank's analysis exposes the brutal acceleration: €14B in one-off compliance costs (2021) skyrocketing to €21B (2023). The regulatory tsunami shows no signs of slowing, regardless of which flavor of statism is in charge - from "free market" liberal-socialistd FDP to Green rainbow stalinists.
While Asian tigers and American entrepreneurs innovate, German businesses drown in forms. This isn't just bureaucracy - it's economic suicide by paperwork.
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