1. Just odd. German cops have detained an employee of the AfD's top candidate for the European elections (Maximilian Krah). Accusation against the guy? He's a hired-up spy for China (yeah, not Russia as you might expect).
Now....who was he spying upon? Well....not really the German gov't. He was supposed to be spying on the Chinese opposition movement going on in Germany.
So, the other part to this story (this is what ARD-TV says).....the same guy offered himself to the German gov't a couple of years ago....but they turned him down....saying they thought he was a double-agent of some type.
2. For 2023, around 16,000 Germans who were unemployed.....were offered jobs, and refused the jobs....so their welfare money was cut in some minor way. ARD talked over this story last night....which leaves a lot of working-class Germans peeved how they pay into the 'pot', and there are jobs existing...which people unemployed....still refuse.
3. 30 cm of snow has fallen in past 24 hours in Bavaria.
4. ARD news: about every single German adult....loses around 2,600 Euro because of the energy crisis and the ban on purchasing Russian natural gas. Growing pressure to end the ban and get some Russian gas movement.
5. Odd attack in the Mannheim University library....German guy with a machete. Police called. Tried to calm the guy down....ended up having to shoot him (dead). One library worker injured by the guy. All the police say is that he'd had a couple of police interactions before and been banned from the library.
6. WELT piece....almost half of all German teachers report physical or psychological violence among their students. Growing burn-out rate noted.
7. WELT: 'Youth in Germany' study done. Odd discussion going on....from Gen-Z population....growing rate of youth attracted to right-wing politics. Presently, twice as many from 2022....would now vote for AfD.
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