Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Five German News Stories

 1.  In the midst of this Hessen state election....the SPD-candidate (Nancy Faeser) came out and said she thought that immigrants with a visa....ought to be able to vote in local and state elections.  

Probably will turn into a hot topic, with at least half of the SPD voters being rather negative about this idea.

2.  'Knock-out' drops used on women at the Oktoberfest?  Well....four cases being pursued by the police at present.

3.  Focus had an article talking about public TV forum moderators and what they get paid.

Maischberger, for example, has a salary of 795,000 Euro a year, and has a technology-and-travel-allowance of 1.6-million Euro.  I suspect from the five guests she has on....the network covers the cost of getting them to the city, and one night in the hotel.  

Most Germans will probably ask some questions...if the salaries and show-production costs....are legit.  

Prior to this....if you'd asked me how cheap the public forum shows were....I might have said relative cheap.

4.  Two ministers have Covid: Lindner (Finance Chief, FDP) and Pistorius (Defense Chief, SPD).  

5.  Natural gas price?  Well....shocking.  Prior to the war (Feb 2022)....the general national price was around 20 Euro per MMBtu.  Presently?  At 9.50 Euro per MMBtu.  

Selling the hype for the heat-pump agenda?  Some Germans shaking their heads over the agenda now. 

Russian natural gas 'sneaking' into the European market?  Well.....you can suggest that but it might be hard to prove the case.  

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