Monday, October 10, 2022

Five German News Stories

 1.  After the smoke cleared on the Lower Saxony state election yesterday....an odd event occurred with public TV.  ARD (national public TV, Channel One) did a segment with the parties.  Here was the Green Party rep and the SPD Party rep.....with the ARD moderator.  Then in some hyped-up way....the TV moderator said more or less....'Thank God that we don't end up with a SPD-CDU coalition government'.  

Yeah, it was noted in the news this morning, and more than a few people are angry about the biased nature of the moderator.

2.  I noticed some electricity analyst did the numbers for Focus....on adding a massive number of E-Cars to the German grid by 2040.  So his final conclusion?  The grid has to only upgrade to carry 9-percent more power than it generates today.  

3.  Roughly four out of ten Lower Saxony voters (registered) did not show up for the voting yesterday.  Experts tend to suggest that voter-frustration exists.

4.  The Anne Will public forum show on ARD last night (Sunday)?  Mostly a bunch of topics bundled up.  

The Lower Saxony election, electrical prices, German national 'worry', etc.

About halfway through it, I gave up.  If you don't want more stress or worry in your life....might be better to avoid forums like this.

5.  Two-million job vacancy situations exist in Germany as of October 2022 (out of 83-million in population).  A lot of this has to do with job skills being in a negative category.  

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