While Germany's debt spiral is accelerating ever faster, Argentine President Javier Milei is steering his country in the opposite direction. Javier Milei is the antithesis of Germany's political class, and the comparison could hardly be starker. Friedrich Merz believes in the healing powers of state intervention, whereas Milei is deregulating markets and paving the way for an investment boom. AdvertisementAt a time when Germany is doubling down on debt, the arms industry, and green state planning, Milei appears like a comet defying both political gravity and conventional doctrines of government. For Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Milei has become something of a red flag.