What Germany needs now is to become a serious country again. It needs to restart every nuclear plant that can still be restarted, even as it accelerates the building of renewables. It needs to cut off any remaining tech transfers to China. It needs to increase spending on the military and rebuild its defense-industrial base. It needs to focus on giving software companies a safe and profitable haven to grow and develop, and encourage more rapid digitization. It needs to quash NIMBYism and allow more building.