1. There's a reality show I watch on German VOX.....Goodbye Deutschland!
This week....the German gal who left Germany, and went to marry up some guy in Tanzania....up and flew back to Germany....leaving her husband. According to her....there's some kind of 'spell' that has been cast upon the husband, and he's affected.
New reality, I must admit.
2. Note that I did not watch the European Song Competition for Germany last night...but I went through the newspapers this AM. Lot of 'rage' at the end....Austrian duo won, and fair number of people at the live event said it was 'rigged'. I'll just say that the amount of criticism over the show and ending....is front-page news in Germany this AM.
3. Bosch (car parts company) says worldwide.....5.5k workers to be cut....most in Germany.
4. Crazy-talk by Merz yesterday......suggesting that the new energy policy in Germany will include 50 natural-gas powered power-plants.
Only way they'd go this path...is if they had cheap Russian natural gas in the mix. So either he knows something about to unfold, or it's just crazy-talk.
5. WELT had a interesting piece this AM on new leadership of the Green Party in Germany....suggesting a left-turn is likely to happen, and some members will likely depart.
This affecting the Baden-Wurttemberg state election next year? Well....yeah....presently, the Greens are expected to edge out the CDU and SPD in the state. But if you see a left-turn occur....it's possible that Greens lost a quarter of their voters in the state. A lot of this Green positive trend development....leads back to the Stuttgart-21 project, and public frustration.
6. Riots/protests in Greece. For a week, it's been continuing and threatening the right-of-center gov't.
Basis? Well....two years ago....a train accident occurred. Freight train slammed into a passenger train. Fifty-odd people dead and near 200 wounded. So an investigation followed.
What you can generally say....through the years prior....the process to modernize and add safety features was slow-balled. You can go down a list of forty to fifty individuals associated with the rail-system and government....to find people with 'fault'.
So far....no one has been dragged into court and convicted....so the youth element of Greece has picked-up on this topic. A fair number of the dead....were university students....so they fill the role of martyrs.
I'll add a footnote here....having actually ridden on Greek rail (seven years ago)....it's a mixed-bag. Various parts are ultra-modern and some elements are questionable. If given a choice....ride buses instead.
7. Just noticed in the last day or so....membership in the new Bundestag....is mostly young (suggesting under the age of 45). Statistically....considered the youngest group since 1949.
8. If you follow beef prices in Germany....they've been increasing lately. So the topic came up on N-TV this AM....are Doner's going up (at Turkish shops)? Well....the speculation is....within the next year....a Doner sandwich will be a minimum of 10 Euro each.
9. Lot of chatter over incoming coalition and handling of legalization of cannabis. What most are suggesting....it will not be reversed....but several new regulations will be added (yeah, you could say development of bureaucracy is likely).
Not to be too sarcastic....but there's probably some rule to be written....no smoking on a apartment balcony.
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