[mschuster91]

That's how an awful lot of German politics works.

Source: am German, am pissed off beyond belief about a lot of things in politics, especially the lack of will to just move forward and do something instead of debating all day.

[cupofpython]

could be some trauma leftover from a previous time they just moved forward with political goals without fully understanding them.

That said, I am rooting for Germany. It is a relatively young nation overall, and has so many things going for it. I think it has potential to become the biggest European superpower over the next 20 years