Saturday, November 11, 2023

Three German News Stories

 1.  Explaining the new coalition for the state of Hessen?  About a month ago, the state election occurred, with the CDU winning (35-percent).   They have to partner with some other party.....to reach 50-percent-plus.  So you throw out the AfD Party (18-percent).  You have two choices left....either the SPD or Green Party. 

So you walk into negotiations and talk over issues.  You offer various posts and try to reach some neutral ground for the next five years.  SPD came out as the best partner from the talks. 

2.  The Interior Ministry of Germany has said to speed up asylum approvals....they want to reduce security reviews.  Selling this to the public?  It might be difficult.

3.  Some political talk going on.....to revise the laws on intrusions on runways.  There's likely to be serious jail-time (not months, but years) that you'd get.  Directly focused at 'Last Generation' activists.  It appears that all three parties in the coalition are somewhat agreeable on this idea.

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