Is Germany falling apart?

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Open this photo in gallery: German farmers protest against the cut of vehicle tax subsidies of the so-called German Ampel coalition government around the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 3.TILMAN BLASSHOFER/Reuters Frank Trentmann is a professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London and author of Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022. A visitor to Germany might be surprised to find that, despite the country’s legendary efficiency, the trains no longer run on time. Many other extraordinary scenes are playing out in Germany today that buck the national stereotypes. Farmers are blocking highways with their tractors. Offices and...