Three Observations

1.  Chancellor Merz gave a 'talk' with Bloomberg business TV this AM....was asked about the France riot business.

His response?  “The reason for this is migration.” 

Then he gave a brief insight....blaming bot immigration and poor integration.

If you'd been the journalist....you should then ask...how is France different from Germany.

I would make the observation....if you went to burning down Hamburg, Bremen, or Essen....the German police would look closely at the riot-crowd....determine that 90-percent seem to be German and ask questions. It'd be classified as 'revolutionists'....not migrants.

2.  Why Germans don't really 'fret' over Russia or 'war'?

I would offer three basic reasons.  First, on a economic scale...other than selling oil/natural gas....Russia is at the same level as Albania (a belief of Germans).  Second, the folks who do 'fret'....are probably over the age of 70, and readily remember THE WAR, and the 1950s/1960s.  The rest of the crowd don't see a war-worry.  Third and final....if Facebook and Tic-Tok made a big deal over this....there would be worry...but you just don't see that type of chatter.

3.  Hurricane-like weather for the northern half of Germany for Friday/Saturday?

Well....weather folks are discussing this.