The American economy is leaving Europe behind. It is happening in real time, and nothing can stop it. America has chosen the future; Europe has chosen its own demise.
This is not just a slogan. It is the cold, hard truth visible in stack upon stack of economic statistics. The fact that Europe’s political leadership remains blind, deaf, and willfully ignorant of the economic decline of their continent is one of history’s many self-imposed tragedies.
Few numbers are as devastating to a nation’s economic self-image as foreign direct investment (FDI). A month ago, I reported on the briskly paced industrial decline in Germany. This trend is not limited to domestic investment—it also includes FDI.
My report compared two statistical sources, finding a common trend that spoke with unnerving clarity of the unending German—and by extension European—economic malaise. One of the sources, the annual World Investment Report published by the UN trade agency UNCTAD, explained that in 2024,
FDI fell in more than half of EU countries, with sharp declines in Germany (-89%), Spain (-39%), Italy (-24%) and France (-20%).
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