[lrem]

Is it so? Constituting a quarter of the gdp, Germany doesn't seem to qualify as "the tail".

[buran77]

Is public opinion weight a matter of GDP? Should it?

[lrem]

I'm afraid it usually is - just think of ways to sway it. Now, I would love to agree it shouldn't be, but there is no concrete system I can think of that could decouple it well. Ownership of media by the state oftentimes makes it a propaganda arm of whichever party is ruling. Private ownership, even in case of heavy subsidies, implies ownership by capital...

[moralestapia]

Germany is also the most populated country in the EU.

[petre]

That's 26% of EU population. Still less than 50%.