Germany is a single non-leftist (at least the Western states(lands) nation left in Europe. it is not surprising they are winning competition.
Of course, others are to blame Germany for their own faults but it has nothing to do with another unfriendly takeover.
Actually this competitiveness was achieved through a center-left/left (SPD/Greens) government under Schröder between ‘98-’05 and the center-left/center-right coalition (CDU/SPD) between ‘05-’09