Sunday, May 14, 2023

Three German News Stories: 15 May 2023

 1.  Turkey election?  No one cleared 50-percent (out of three key candidates).  So a run-off.  How close?  Erdogan at present appears to have 49.50 percent.  Third-place  runner out (5.3-percent)?  Yes.  

So if you do the numbers, with the third-place folks voting again.....voting for the 2nd place guy....the election would tilt away from Erdogan....assuming all the voters come back a second time. 

2. Some people talking about the dismal showing of the Green Party in the Bremen-state election (over the weekend).  Blame-game?  Mostly settles on the Economics Minister, with heating and anti-car  chatter.  Likely to be same issue in Bavaria later in the year for that state election.

3.  Chatter from the German Health Minister on the next big hype?  Well....at the conference over the weekend....Lauterbach said 'Long-Covid' will be the next thing to 'attack'.  

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