1. Curious twist on police raid of Last Generation activists this week. Cops actually busted down doors in some of these situations. Defense lawyers saying how is this possible, and pressing for bad behavior to be dumped on the police.
What the German police say? Well....once you get identified as a criminal 'gang' (actually is the law that the prosecution folks used)...you don't get treated in a 'friendly' way. Busting down doors in this scenario....is legal.
I would guess that the seven folks that the various states are now focusing upon....haven't yet grasped the full impact of the legal code now being used. They are at the same level as some Turkish or Russian mafia group.
2. New Corona variant identified, and this story seems to be in a top ten news item.
3. German health care costs are going up. If you make more than the average guy....your level of contribution is going up (could amount to several hundred Euro a month more).
4. Former Foreign Minister Fischer (Greens) had a talk yesterday.....says that Russia's full intent is to bring the old Warsaw Pact situation back into reality.
5. Just an odd trend. Up to the end of 2022....there was a German E-car registration trend that looked super-positive for the last three or four years.
At the end of April 2023....that upward trend no longer exists. It's rather flat for purchases/registration.
Gov't can't explain the turn of events. I'd mostly say that everyone who had 'passion' for an E-car....has now got one.
6. Largest military air exercise in history of NATO will be held in June in Germany, with several air space areas closed off. Warning already being given....delays in take-offs can be anticipated.
7. WELT piece this AM....Bavaria is pushing for a big chunk of area to be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Group would be various castles in a particular region.
In the application process....communities have to vote to go along with the mandates that are part of the UNESCO rules.
Apparently, the folks in the region of Neuschwanstein are saying 'no'.
One curious part of this....once in the club....you are severely limited in changing things or upgrading things in the region around the castles in the group. Even if everyone in your community said a new parking lot needed to be placed at x-location....by the UNESCO rules....a special committee of UNESCO folks would have review the action and might create various extra burdens in building a simple 100-car parking lot.
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