1. Just odd, in the past week, President Biden gave some campaign speech over Europe loving him being back....then he said that he'd met with “Mitterand from Germany.”
For the record, Mitterand was President of France, but died around 30 years ago (before Obama, Trump, Bush, and Clinton). He actually left the office in 1995.
Yeah, it was confusing because some Americans probably still think that Georges Pompidou (1969-1974) is still in charge.
2. Similar statements by the Finance Minister and Economics Minister:
They readily agree....Germany now seen as “no longer competitive”.
Economics Minister Habeck comment? "Corporate taxation was no longer internationally competitive”.
Finance Minister comment? "It is inconceivable that this will not lead to political change.”
How they fix this and still make enough revenue for current programs? Unknown. They are correct.....there is some 'wave' in the making to drive companies beyond the border.
3. Bavaria (the state) is now aggravated by new plan of Czech....to build four new nuke-power plants. If you remember the German strategy....nuke-power is evil, and they've eliminated all of the operational plants in Germany (back in 2023).
4. David McAllister (CDU Party) who is the 'boss' of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the EU Parliament, made a speech yesterday over Ukraine support. But one item came up....in blunt talk....the EU needs a change in industrial strategy.....war supplies needs to be manufactured in the EU, and at a faster pace.
5. Sixt, Hertz, and SAP have all given notice to Tesla....they are finished on the trend toward E-cars and Tesla.
6. Winter conditions (like snow and cold temperatures) have returned to the northern third of Germany. Whole past month have been odd pattern....spring-like weather.
7. Yesterday....accusations of plagiarism came up here in Germany. Accused? The deputy editor-in-chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. From regional news, it appears that the individual is on leave at present while this is sorted out.
Süddeutsche Zeitung, if you remember back a year ago....had gone after a Free Voter Party 'boss'. It would appear that this might be retribution in some form. Worst scenario? Well...the university (University of Salzburg) will review and can take one of three actions: (1) saying the thesis was not bothered by this, (2) they could say several poor citations exist and just leave it like it was, or (3) remove the degree if it was very serious screw-ups.
I should note.....this was written and accepted in 1996.
If the degree was voided? Well....resignation likely occurs. I'm likely to believe a couple of poor citations are in the mix, and her degree survives.
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