Over the last decade, Germany has been the slowest growing economy in the European Union, and Europe has been the slowest growing continent in the world. From 1995 to 2005, Germany will have grown by only 14.6%, while the old EU on average will have grown by 24%, the US by 39.9%, and the world economy by 45.6%.
过去10年来，德国一直是欧盟经济增长最为缓慢的国家，而欧洲则是世界经济增长最为缓慢的大陆。从1995到2005年，德国的增长率只达到14.6%，而原有的欧盟国家平均增长率为24%，美国为39.9%，整个世界为45.6%。德国的表现为什么这么差？