Half of Germany's manufacturing sectors anticipate significant layoffs and job losses in 2026. Thank you, Green Fantasies, NS pipelines bombed, and nuclear power plants (no CO2) shuttered.
Look at the sectors contracting versus the sectors stable or expanding - there is a bigger geopolitical problem within the forecast.
Job losses are expected in auto manufacturing, the textile sector, wood and paper fabrication.
Job gains are expected in aerospace, shipbuilding and defense production i.e. the war machinery.The largest and most developed industrial economy in Europe is pinning its economic survival on war machinery. Biased?
Without a war, Germany could slip into a severe economic contraction.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/german-business-groups-expect-job-cuts-2026-economic-crisis-drags-2025-12-29/