Crystal Ball: 2021?

 This is my list of predictions for 2021:

1.  German national election?  Basing priorities upon Covid-19, dumping the TV tax, and the economy....the CDU gets 42-percent on the vote, with the FDP near 9-percent, and that is the new coalition for the next four years.  

Journalists are shocked at how various members of the Green Party, SPD and Linke Party walked off and voted for the CDU...wanting the TV tax ended.  

2.  The BREXIT 'gimmick' is deemed a failure.  PM Johnson walks off by mid-summer....fired by a no-confidence vote.  

3.  By the end of 2021....Macron of France is really viewed as a 'loser' and the 2022 national election is about finding some new fresh face.

4.  Another Spanish legislative election is forced by December of 2021.  The results are mixed, and likely pave the way for another election by the end of 2022.

5.  Some German journalists realize by mid-2021 that ARD/ZDF (public TV) are going for almost ten days straight without any US commentary or criticism.  About a quarter of all Germans admit they can't think of the new President's name. 

6.  The next round of Covid-19 vaccinations, for the newer 'model' or more robust British version....will be scheduled for release by July 2021.  Just about everyone who got the shot in December 2021/January 2022.....are immediately put on the list....even before the current group has wrapped up its shot schedule.

7.   German health authorities openly discuss/promote the idea of opening the door to 12,000 German-speaking Mexican nurses each year....to start at the fall of 2021. The Mexican students are shocked at the job offer, salary, and potential upgrade in life.  Then they get a bit more shocked over the German language situation.  

8.  Virtually no nation outside of the EU will accept EU travelers unless they show the vaccination slip.  

9.  Roughly 18-percent of all Germans refuse the Covid-19 vaccination....as of the end of 2021.  Some chatter has started up about forcing the issue, but Doctors hint that they will refuse to participate in this game.

10.  I expect most all Germans to have a limited vacation option list (strictly Germany in 50-percent of all travels) for 2021's summer vacation period.