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Despite long-standing predictions, Europe’s decline is now gathering momentum due to the incompetent policies of the elites, internal problems, and external factors, which call for a rethinking of its role in the world and the establishment of cooperation with Russia.

A considerable number of political scientists, when assessing the current state of international affairs, come to the conclusion that the most striking manifestation of the new global balance of power is the decline of Western civilization, the rapid rise of China, and the marginalisation of Western Europe.

Germany’s economic decline is no longer merely an economic story. It has become a political one. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has become the focal point of this broader crisis of governance and legitimacy.