Germany is up for graps: Does anyone want it?

For foreigners, especially those from Africa, residing and working in Germany is a dream come true. For the German elite, it is an increasingly difficult place to live a nightmare.

German baby boomers currently in retirement or nearing pension age are aware that, for most, their pension is insufficient to live a decent life. Some ask for social benefits, while others have established long-standing relationships with countries such as Vietnam, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Thailand, Bulgaria, Hungary, or Turkey, arranging their retirement in advance. To live a life in dignity, affordable by a limited pension without begging the state to add to their pension, working for over a period of up to 40 years, makes an increasing number of Germans leave family and friends behind.

At a birthrate of 1,3% (Africa 5,4%), the number of Germans declines. Migrants finance the German social system and keep the German standard of living afloat. German youth are disappointed in the system of democracy, identifying more problems than advantages with this form of governance. Combined with modern technology, they live in an unreal world of their own, disconnected from a vibrant political discourse their grandparents were exposed to but not their parents.

The current coalition government in Germany of CDU/CSU and SPD, with men like Friedrich Merz and Lars Klingbeil as political figures governing the country, pushes German intellectuals and highly qualified specialists like Medical Doctors, Engineers, or Entrepreneurs to social media, voicing their disappointment about politics in Germany. Medical Doctors leave for Switzerland and Austria, working in better conditions and lawyers or freelancers move to Poland. The number of job losses which Germany will see this year will be offset by migrants over time, ending qualification trainings to fill lower-paid vacancies. The brain drain of the German elite is obvious.

Lower-paid jobs are filled by Germans rooted in German tradition, culture, language, comfort and a close-knit family and friends atmosphere. These are the voters for the right-wing party AfD, Alternative for Germany, which is gaining momentum. While the oldest German political party, SPD, is losing ground, close to 10-15%, so are other traditional or more modern political parties, including Die Linken (left-wing party), Die Grünen (Green party) and FDP (Liberal Party). These parties are not credible alternatives able to solve today's challenges and future problems. The parties have no manifestos convincing voters to praise them and no personalities able to convince voters to cast their ballots for them. Resignation is waking Germans up each and every morning.

If Germans were allowed to buy Ghana, they would sell Germany fast and transform their new home into a paradise in less than five years. A win-win situation for both sides.

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