Germany’s economy was the envy of Europe for many of the 30-plus years since reunification. But now the country is officially in recession and its people, used to decades of prosperity, are now losing confidence. Much of its current troubles have been caused by the war in Ukraine as Germany has turned its back on Russia, its former trading partner. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.
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