Comments by "Karsten Schuhmann" (@karstenschuhmann8334) on "EU chief angrily rejects renegotiation – makes take it or leave it offer" video.

Have you even begun to understand what it means?
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Well, the deal with Japan has stricter state aid rules than the proposal of Barnier.
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@Firm Buttocks Nothing is perfect, but Merkel has improved over her time as Bundeskanzler.
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@Firm Buttocks Well, we never went down as far as the UK in 2010. There was less to regain. Furthermore, we had gotten rid of the deficid and most of the debt in 2019. This allowed us to cope much better with COVID 19. Presently, we have half the recession of the UK.
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@Firm Buttocks Your cherrypicking shows! German industrial output went down in 2019 due to the trade wars, but the German economy did not. In contrast, the British economy contained the no-deal Brexit preparations. Sure, this is economic activity, but it is not productive. But discussing 2020 makes it really striking: British economy went down more than 20%, while the German economy lost about 9%.
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@shelleyphilcox4743 I think it would genuinely help if the other countries would produce more goods worth buying. You cannot force the population to order stuff they do not need. The state aid in Germany is (in bulk) not paied by the EU budget but by Germany on its own. Germany got rid of its deficit in good times and can now invest to mitigate the CORONA crisis. Furthermore, Germany is the most important contributor to the mitigation measures for the whole EU.
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@shelleyphilcox4743 I never claimed that the other countries would produce nothing of value, to the contrary, I am ordering components form several European countries. But I find it quite arrogant of you to claim that German companies would receive state aid acting as dumping to push stuff to other European countries. - The companies successfully exporting to other European nations do not receive state aid and have to pay higher taxes than in the UK (in order to be able to afford the higher state aid). - State aid is needed to build up new industry (that may become successful one day) or to support companies that experience short term issues and are unable to export at the moment. The rules for state-aid are the same within the EU. Well, at the moment in a reaction to COVID 19 these rules have been temporarily relaxed, once again they have been relaxed for all countries. We all would applaud giving state aid to struggling companies in the north of England, similar to the EU funds, this may pay off in 20 years. Germany was investing in the Black Forest for 30 years before it became one of the most dynamic economic areas. You may be able to do the same with Dartmoor.
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@Firm Buttocks Do you really think so? Well, I have not read and compared it myself, but I was told so, and actually, your government has made a mess of nearly everything.
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@Firm Buttocks Well, monthly changes are irrelevant, the loss over the full year is the relevant parameter. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS1uXswqVXSp_uay0_xtfS65DDkwauOG6z58A&usqp=CAU
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@Firm Buttocks Brits always think Germany would only produce cars. "Have we had a full year yet?" No, we have not and it seems the UK is about to endure its second hit. All these studies are likely too optimistic.
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