Monday, February 12, 2024

13 Feb 2024: Five German News Stories

 1.  Curious note, they figured up the estimate for 2024 tax income for Germany....it's to be near 916-billion  Euro collected (all-time record).  Generally speaking, it still won't be enough to cover the 2025 federal/state budget.

2.  I essayed last week about the German company....Miele....making a decision to move the company manufacturing unit to Poland.  Chief reason?  Energy cost was heavily cited (the Poles still use a fair amount of coal energy).

Focus article discussed at length....Miele isn't the only German company looking at Poland as an option.  

This energy discussion is going to consume a fair amount of political time in 2024....as political groups debate how to lessen the energy cost.

3.  I was watching a N-TV 'talk' on German trains running on-time.  The worst area for unpunctual railway operations?  The Rhine-Ruhr area (near 15-percent being behind schedule), and the Rhine-Neckar region pretty near that statistic.  

Best regions for on-time trains?  Berlin and Hamburg.

4.  Rheinmetal is about to build a new factory in the Saxony region....to produce artillery shells.  They expect a ton of business once complete.

5.  I watched N-TV news this AM.....some foundation had done research and reached a conclusion that one in five Germans are saying they are near burnout at their job.  Pretty fair number.  If I asked my wife over her job....she'd probably say it's near four out of five in a state of nearing burnout.  

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