Could Germany lose its status as the dominant euro-zone country?
When comparing Germany, France, Spain and Italy, we now clearly see that Germany is the dominant country in the euro zone in terms of population, production, standard of living, size of t rade, research and innovation. But will it maintain this status, given: The ongoing population ageing ; The difficulties of its industry (energy transition, transformation to a service economy, regionalisation of trade); The stagnation of productivity?