1. This Republican debate from last night....drew a fair amount of German news interest. But if you asked a hundred Germans.....to name off who might be running in 2024....it's Biden and Trump mostly.....with mostly 30-percent probably naming DeSantis.
Any real feelings at this point? No. I'd say most Germans are looking squarely at the Chancellor....frustrated about the German economy, and wanting some return to normalcy (meaning no Covid, no refugee issue, no Ukraine-Russia war, and no activists blocking roads/streets).
The idea that the US election might draw 'heat' away from German grumbling? Maybe the public media guys and the parties wish that.
2. This suggestion that Russia's Prigozhin was trying to get into a Niger-war support function, and drawing contract mercenaries away from Putin's use?
It's a interesting scenario, with zero proof.
I will admit....Niger is becoming a bigger deal as each week passes, and a number of French folks are hoping for a 'fix-it-situation'. Germans? I doubt if you could get more than 2-percent of society to have any interest in the war.
3. Is there really a teacher shortage going on in Germany?
You have to go state-by-state, and in the Brandenburg region....yeah, it's pretty bad....with school starting and somewhere in the area of 500-odd teacher positions vacant.
New person starting out in Brandenburg? You get in the range of 3,200 Euro per month. If you were in Hamburg, it's in the range of 3,500 Euro. In Saxony-Anhalt, it's in the range of 3,200.
What's said in Brandenburg is that the region (for housing) is more expensive, and you can do better with a degree, than teaching.
Now, I will say this....if you were around 45 years old in Brandenburg....it's 4,000 Euro. So over a 20-year period, you'd only move up 800 Euro. A lot of people might view the salary limits and stress, just to say there's more things to do.
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