Most of the things you listed are not really much of a problem, or rather a symptom of something else. Also lots of populist bla bla, where I think you don't really know what you are talking about. Anyway... the real is issue is this:
Germany is being held hostage by pensioners.
Everything comes down to finances and finances comes down to pensions. It's more than 100 billion euro of tax money going to pensions (on top of high and increasing social-insurance contributions). Retired people are the majority of voters, you can't run on politics to their disadvantage. It's politics for old people, by old people. They indebted the state for their benefit when they were young, ignored the demographic crisis for decades, and now they won't forgo a dime for their children's future.
We will get civil war, before pensions are touched. Without that money, we debate scapegoats, instead of investing in existentially necessary reforms, building houses and fixing the infrastructure debt.
Germany is being held hostage by pensioners.
Everything comes down to finances and finances comes down to pensions. It's more than 100 billion euro of tax money going to pensions (on top of high and increasing social-insurance contributions). Retired people are the majority of voters, you can't run on politics to their disadvantage. It's politics for old people, by old people. They indebted the state for their benefit when they were young, ignored the demographic crisis for decades, and now they won't forgo a dime for their children's future.
We will get civil war, before pensions are touched. Without that money, we debate scapegoats, instead of investing in existentially necessary reforms, building houses and fixing the infrastructure debt.