Tuesday, October 20, 2026

20 Oct 2026: Germany: 6 Stories

 1.  ARD (public TV) last night....ran roughly two hours of German civil service job chatter....mostly that Germany has too many gov't workers.  I'd say close to 80-percent of Germans agree....there is a problem, but selecting the solution or who to 'let-go'....is near impossible. Total of those counted?  Near 1.8-million.

2.  Chancellor Merz gave a talk yesterday....says that Germans are not taking the threat of Russia serious. I might agree....average German does not put the Russia-threat-chatter in a top ten thing to worry about.

3.  Italy is trucking 500 Italian soldiers to Milan....to send the message....no riots desired.  Police detained 270-plus folks from yesterday's demonstration.  Some commentary....indicating even 12-year-old kids were among the 'bad-boys'.

4.  Iran called in the German ambassador to Iran....some negative comments.

5.  Berlin-City: Linke Party talking of forcing acquisition of 160,000 apartments (to be city property)......would need 10-billion Euro to accomplish this.  Doesn't say where the money would come from. Belief is....they'd control rent costs.

6.  Curfew rules set for some French cities now.

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