1. INSA, the polling organization....says the CDU-CSU at 27-percent, and AfD has climbed up to 23-percent.
2. Odd tactic....Trump suggesting that the US take over operations of the Ukraine nuclear power plants.
3. Rumor chatter...CDU said to be working on a 'deal' to hook back German energy purchases to Nord Stream II.
4. SPD working on coalition position....to bring new taxes up on the rich of Germany. CDU-CSU don't appear agreeable.
If they fail on coalition strategy? You'd probably see a new election by May.
5. WELT item: Reported absences at work....due to depression, among Germans, up by 50-percent.
6. largest protests in almost 12 years in Turkey. Arrest of Erdogan's rival (Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul) is mobilizing thousands to protest.
I would suggest a long built-up pressure....probably half the nation want a change, and in their mind....Erdogan has to retire.
7. Odd conversation going on....to spark economic growth....the idea is put out there to cancel ONE German holiday. Around the public....you just can't find any German who are agreeable to this.
I imagine if you asked most....they would say if you have to dump a day....dump 'Unity Day' (3 Oct). This celebrates unification of East and West Germany. To be honest....99-percent of people have nothing special to do on the day. Politicians all have to mingle and make speeches talking over the glory of unification.
8. I noticed a speech by Ukraine's Zelensky from Saturday evening....he rejects Macron’s (of France) plan for UN peacekeepers (in Ukraine)....say he wants the NATO troops on the 'front-lines'.
Virtually no one in NATO is going to be agreeable to that idea.
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