I sat and read over a WELT piece this AM....stuck on my mind.
Written by Hannelore Crolly, and worth a read if you can find the Monday paper. Topic? Well...growing number of German youth who are untrained (meaning uncertified) and not motivated to get trained or work.
The government's figure? Around 630,000 German youth (meaning between 16 and 21)....are just lingering there....not pushing themselves into some skill program or looking for work.
One single reason for this? No. Crolly gives you several reasons for the significant number of 'slackers' (my term for the status).
This worrying folks? Normally, you'd have a pep-talk and put some pressure on the youth to get 'real' and sign up for 'something'. Apparently, that doesn't work anymore.
The fact that migrants might fit more easily into the role because they want work, and skill-type training? Just eyeballing that trend....it ought to worry a fair number of German politicians. You don't need half-a-million German juvenile slackers just standing around....acting like this work or training business is just not for them.
Another reason for the conscription/draft idea? Some would suggest it, but the bulk of politicians for both the CDU and SPD would tell you this simply wouldn't work.
I suspect if you walked across most of the EU today....you'd find this situation brewing in almost every country.
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