1. The FDP Party (leans right-of-center) is a partner of the SPD-Green coalition...leading the government at present.
The FDP bosses have mailed out a survey poll to members....asking about their feeling of 'continuing'. Quiet move, and one has to wonder....if a vast number (say 60-percent) say that the partnership should end....would they walk out and trigger a collapse of the coalition?
Hard to find any news publication that has a 'feel' for the survey.
2. At least one state in the Bundesrat is talking over a halt to VAT (the sales tax) going back to 19-percent for restaurants/cafes in January.
Lot of restaurants are saying that the tax (was 19-percent prior to Covid era) will destroy their business model and trigger massive bankruptcy situation.
If the tax is halted? Well.....puts more pressure on the government to find a way to recover lost 'income'/revenue.
3. The mayor of Schomberg (town in Baden-Wurttemberg area, 8.5k residents) has gotten into trouble over behavior/words at a meeting in the past week or two.
Guests at the meeting say he was strongly affected by alcohol.
Mayor? He says that someone put knock-out drops in his drink.
Pretty odd situation, even for Germans.
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