The argument that ultimately, politics is what prevents real progress here, rings depressingly true. I heard a journalist explaining that in Berlin, it took 57

The argument that ultimately, politics is what prevents real progress here, rings depressingly true. I heard a journalist explaining that in Berlin, it took 57 administrative steps to put a new traffic light at an intersection (Berliners have a very low opinion of their administration). I guess it's indirectly a political problem because since, as the article says, nobody can agree on how to solve a problem, there isn't the necessary political momentum to reshape the administration to do what needs to be done quickly.