1. I noticed the new mayor of Frankfurt had a public talk....on how he wants to entice the International Auto Association car show (held every other year) into returning to Frankfurt.
For several decades, the car show was held in Frankfurt, and was a 'big' deal for the city (it made millions of revenue for the city).
It ran from 1951 to 2019. The focus (crap) in 2019 went highly negative (by various environmental groups). By the end, IAA held a meeting and said Frankfurt was too screwed up to run the show....so they moved it to Munich.
After Covid....Frankfurt kinda added up the use potential of the expo grounds/buildings and I suspect they realize a vast amount of money is needed to keep them functional. They need the IAA desperately.
So Mike Josef (the new SPD) mayor wants a talk. His design? More of a transportation trade fair. The problem of local environmentalists? I doubt if that would go away.
2. Sunday NFL game in Frankfurt, Dolphins versus Chiefs? Lot of hype locally going on. Special TV shows are in the mix....by most networks. Just guessing, probably over half the German adult male population probably will be watching the game.
3. I noted a RTL/NTV political poll today. SPD, with Greens and FDP (our coalition gov't)....can manage a total of 39-percent of the vote (pretty dismal). Even the CDU-CSU folks can only manage 29-percent.
AfD, 22-percent. FW, at 3-percent. Linke Party, 3-percent.
Nation-wide, a lot of divided political feelings at present.
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