Monday, January 15, 2024

15 Jan 2024: Five German News Stories

 1.  Currently in Germany....25-year mortgage loan running 3.74-percent.  5-year mortgage loan running 3.36-percent.  

2.  Just odd, from Saturday evening....Anna Ermakova, daughter of Boris Becker, and hyped-up for the past six months via commercial German TV show 'Lets Dance'....was brought out to a public ARD TV show.....entitled “Schlagerchampions”.

Appearance?  Well....to sing a debut song....“Behind Blue Eyes”.  

I'll just say the crowd wasn't that thrilled and limited applause.  On singing talent, I'd give her average scores.  

Just odd on difference between commercial TV trend, and public TV trend.

3.  INSA polling.  Currently, Germans satisfied with the SPD, Green, and FDP coalition....at 17-percent (extremely low).  

INSA poll on top party, if a vote were to occur now?  CDU/CSU would win, with 30-percent of the vote.  SPD would only get 15-percent.  

4. Monday AM....massive farmer protest scheduled for Berlin.  Streets and entry points are expected to be blocked off.

5.  State of Bavaria admits a manpower shortage of 200,000 personnel (to fill all current and apprentice positions).  That's how ridiculous the employment scene is developing at present.  

This also explains national chatter of refusing to hand out welfare or 'Citizens-Geld'....to those who refuse a job, if the Job-Center finds one for you.  

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