Germany's economy stagnated in second quarter of this year, new figures show

In contrast, Brexit Britain's economy grew by 0.2 per cent in the same period 

Germany is heading for a recession that is being caused by the bureaucracy around its green energy policies, the country's opposition party has warned. 

Once one of the world's strongest economies, Germany is now expected to have the worst performing economy of any leading nation in the world, according to stats from the International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 

Friedrich Merz, the 67-year-old leader of the Christian Democrats opposition party, claims that this slump is a direct result of the government's overly bureaucratised green energy policies, which are being led by The Greens in coalition with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats.