Germany's Gas Price Crisis: A Design for Disaster Germany's fuel price crisis dominates politics ahead of state elections, highlighting how even in a country renowned for its design expertise, functionality can give way to dysfunction.
The ruling coalition struggles to agree on a solution, and it's clear that high gas prices have far reaching consequences beyond the economy.
Public opinion is shifting, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government is facing mounting pressure. A recent YouGov poll found nearly half of Germans expect Merz to step down by year's end.