1. German police....about once or twice a year...will have a speed-week. Meaning? Well....they go out of their way on catching you above the speed limit.
Between yesterday (Tuesday) and Friday....it's a speed-week.
Even as they tell you this....giving 'warning'...it doesn't matter. Just in my local area of Wiesbaden....there's probably to be at least 200 people who will be cited.
2. ZDF (public TV, Channel 2) ran a prime-time 45-min piece on the CDU candidate for the 2025 federal election....Merz. You can watch it here.
Next week? The anticipated SPD candidate (NOT Scholz)....Pistorous. I should comment ere....the SPD folks have not met to discuss things, but you won't find that many members of the party charged-up on Scholz.
I also anticipate they will be doing a piece on Lindner (FDP) and Habeck (Green Party).
Well ahead of the election? Well....yeah, that is a bit obvious. I think if you polled the general public....more than three-quarters of the public want a new election to reset matters.
3. Just odd...the mayor of Amsterdam gave a speech yesterday....advocating for a free/open market for cocaine. The comment went with the theme....the 'drug-war' has failed. In the simplicity of it....he is suggesting a regulated market.
4. Odd term being used and thrown around in German politics....'Merkelians'. These are conservatives who follow Merkel's views of center-center politics (not really left or right). They will claim CDU Party status. How many? Unknown.
5. Newest political trend poll....shows Green Party at 12-percent (lowest in six years).
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