Germany

WHAT'S NEXT?: Germany's immediate concerns will be the holding together of an increassingly fragile EU following the UK's Brexit vote and the recent Italian referendum. With its own presidential elections due in May 2017 Angela Merkel's government will be anxious to make a strong showing.

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• [New] Renewable energy output is expected to be bigger than the entire electricity consumption of China, India and Germany combined.
• [New] European officials and analysts fear a breakdown of the JCPOA could lead to an arms race in the Middle East.
• [New] Population aging will exert downward pressure on labor force participation rates in most advanced economies in the coming years.
• [New] Growth in the United Kingdom is projected to subside to 1.7 percent in 2017 and 1.5 percent in 2018.
• [New] The widely documented decline in the labor force par - ticipation rate in the United States contrasts with rising participation rates in many European countries, including Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
• [New] 3D printing will especially diminish the politically sensitive US trade deficits with China, Mexico and Germany.
• [New] 3D printing could be a great help in reducing the trade deficits of the US with China, Mexico and Germany.
• [New] The bilateral trade deficits of the US with Germany and Mexico will shrink when the five frontrunner 3D industries start printing their goods in the US instead of importing.
• Germany, India, and South Korea is projected to augment demand over the coming years.
• The Catalonian crisis will be the biggest challenge Europe will face since the Balkan wars, and may lead to the end of Spain as we know it.
• A higher percentage of men in the UK, US, Germany and Japan worked in jobs at a high risk of automation.
• 55 percent of German executives expect increased digitization and automation to have a positive impact on their businesses in the coming years.
• Efficient production systems in France and Germany are expected to drive higher production over the medium term despite the departure from the European Union of the United Kingdom-the third-largest EU sugar producer.
• In China, India and Brazil, the share of variable generation is expected to double to more than 10% by 2022.
• Germany will spend the remainder of the year building a governing coalition at home.
• Wind could provide 30 percent of Europe's power by 2030 and reach a total of 323 GW.
• Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a global price on carbon.
• Expect big arguments between all four German coalition parties over energy policy and on EU issues.
• Germany's climate and energy policies could be another area of conflict within a future coalition.
• Angela Merkel is set for a fourth term as Germany's chancellor and will lead negotiations with other parties to form a coalition government.
• Non-OECD countries (including China) will need to phase out coal by 2040-2050 and will look to the West to see that they are leading the transition away from coal.
• MPs will examine the likely impact of leaving the EU on efforts to reduce coffee cup and plastic bottle waste.
• In the last four years German elites have realised that unless Berlin assumes greater political, military, and economic responsibility, both Germany's interests and the future of the European Union will be in jeopardy.

Last updated: 17 October 2017