German infrastructure is top-class, trains work quite well and bridges are not collapsing. May I ask where you got this from?

EDIT

Please don't turn this into a flame war. I am slightly worried about the effects of mainstream media, as I've seen these kind of posts on Reddit also.

People keep hearing about the low/inexistent economic growth of countries like Germany or Japan and start thinking that these countries are a deep mess. The reality is quite far from it.