FILE PHOTO: Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Once considered a vital engine of the European Union, Germany is causing growing consternation in capitals across the bloc as disagreements in its ruling coalition spill over to thwart key EU policy goals.
The internal German bickering and its European echoes are seen in Brussels as a symptom of something deeper: Germany's unresolved quest for a new economic model after the Ukraine war put an end to the cheap Russian gas and largely unfettered trade channels that fuelled its export-oriented industry for decades.
