Chimbu - spot on.
There are rumblings here already about a return to the DM. Not sure how strong the sentiment as it seems to be the fringe right who are most vocal. The greens and CD have pretty much gouged this country of much of its innovativeness. A lot more group think than I would like thanks.
There is a veneer of efficiency that this country puts out to the rest of the world, live here and you find that is just global spin. The country is mired in one dimensional thinking and a lack of desire to get things moving. Most community service projects (road works etc) remind me of the 80s in Australia, very slow, very labour intensive and never to be completed lest people be out of a job.
Many German people find the EU irrelevant, those that have any gumption to read about or learn about it that is, and many of the 30 to 40 year old age group do not wish to recognise the lessons of the 40s and find it offensive that the rest of the world still remembers.