1. Are political polls in Germany as crappy as the US polls?
Generally, no.
Public TV (both ARD and ZDF) do a decent job of monthly polling and showing decline or escalation of the various political parties, with scandals and screw-ups in the mix.
2. Is there hype-up going on for the World Cup games in Qatar....in roughly eight weeks?
NO. I'd say that among soccer fans presently in Germany.....they know the game schedule and have their favorite team, but having the games around Christmas time.....was a pretty stupid decision.
3. Is the AfD Party anti-NATO and anti-US?
Well....for the past five years, their common theme was anti-migrant and anti-immigration. In the past six months, with the theme touching on the Russia-Ukraine war.....oddly enough, they've gone to anti-NATO/US. Signs appear in their protest walks, but they tread lightly when talking about position taken. This has led some Germans to suggest the party is walking toward pro-Russia positions.
4. Is there a lot of blackout chatter going on presently in Germany?
'Fright' chatter is what I'd call it.
Virtually all of the news sources (even public TV) have talked about this and readily suggesting that 12 hours of a blackout is to be absolutely expected at some point, and a few even saying four days straight of zero power is possible.
Realistically? There's some cases going back to the 1970s where regions had a couple of days of blackout. It's to say if the industry is hinting just of a worst-case scenario.
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