Tuesday, December 5, 2023

5 Dec 2023: Four German News Stories

 1.  Public TV  ZDF does a weekly show on politics (on Sundays), and they go at the end of the show to rate popularity of current politicians.

Top of the list?  Boris Pistorius (SPD, Defense Minister).  Chancellor Scholz is at the third position.  In second place is the Bavarian Premier-President (Soder, CSU).  Merz, head of the CDU Party....is in 4th place.

You can watch the show here.

2.  Munich Airport is in shutdown mode for this morning, because of snow.  Operations to start back up in the afternoon.

3. There's a Green Party suggestion floating around.....higher taxation on companies that provide company cars to employees.  

4.  Heinz Hoenig (72 year old German actor) has been announced as first pick for German Jungle Camp show in January.  Known for his role in 'Das Boot'.

For Americans not familiar with the show, it's a two-week jungle reality show, done in Australia.  Typically, it's C-level reality people or former stars who end up on the show.

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