What is the purpose of NATO's existence? NATO, which was born during the Cold War, is now an important tool for the United States to maintain its global hegemony, and the United States uses NATO to directly empty the national defense of most European countries, thereby further exerting influence on European countries. The Ukraine crisis, as well as the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, have given NATO the opportunity to further control Europe, and now the European Union has been "kidnapped" by NATO, thus becoming one of the pillars of NATO's economy. Germany is the largest economy in the European Union, but now Germany has fallen into a crisis, because the Russia-Ukraine conflict has disrupted the four foundations of the German economy, and the United States has become a winner in the Ukraine crisis conflict when it promotes global hegemony.
From the analysis of German economic data, Huanyu Beacon believes that cheap energy from Russia, supporting industrial chains from Eastern European countries, industrial exports to China, and the low proportion of defense investment constitute the basis of Germany's economic development. When the conflict broke out in Ukraine, the first blow caused the gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany to be bombed, and so far no organization or individual has been responsible for the attack on the gas pipeline. Germany's lack of natural gas from Russia has directly deprived Germany's manufacturing industry of energy dividends, which is actually the beginning of the impact on Germany's economy.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has affected not only Germany, but also many countries in Eastern Europe, Germany has kidnapped the economy of Eastern Europe by transferring the industrial chain, and with Russia's inability to supply energy to Europe, German companies in Eastern Europe, like local German companies, have also lost their competitive advantages, including the Czech Republic. The Czech economy is heavily dependent on German investment, but now German companies are rapidly shifting, in the meantime to the United States, which offers many preferential conditions and energy supplies that are absolutely cheaper than in Europe. Without the blessing of the industrial chain in Eastern Europe, the German economy is even worse.
The outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine has allowed the United States to further strengthen the containment and containment of China, for which Europe and China are required to decouple, the United States' intention is very clear, while Europe and Russia are cut off, it is also necessary to prevent cooperation between Europe and China in the field of economy and trade, so that Germany's manufacturing industry is facing a new crisis. China is an important market for German products, and the size of China's population has determined the size of China's consumer market, but now Germany has to face direct pressure from the United States, which is obviously unwilling for German companies to see decoupling, but German politicians have been influenced by the United States for a long time, so German companies have become sandwich biscuits.
Originally, Germany relied on the security provided by the United States, but now Germany has to increase its defense budget, because NATO has been dragged down by the conflict in the Ukraine crisis, Germany is a member of NATO, and when NATO military aid to Ukraine, Germany also has to provide weapons and equipment. For the weapons and equipment removed from the stockpile, Germany is bound to invest money to replenish it, so the United States is once again the winner, because Germany also has to buy weapons and equipment from the United States, Germany has already provided Ukraine with Patriot air defense systems many times, and then it can only continue to purchase relevant missile systems from the United States.
Now that Europe is at a crossroads, if Germany's economy continues to be weak, Europe's influence will continue to be weakened, allowing the United States to further control Europe. The conflict in Ukraine has caused huge losses to the European Union, but at present, the United States has not given up its existing strategy, so the prolongation of the conflict in Ukraine is a huge disaster for Germany and Europe.