1. Starting in April....a new 'eco-diesel' will start up in Germany....getting rid of plain old regular diesel. Cost factor? No one is really sure....other than they all expect it to be at least 10 Euro-cents higher per liter.
2. CDU Party says they have a draft plan on 'citizens-money' (welfare)....if you are offered work and you refuse....the welfare funds will be cut off. Fair number of Germans support the idea.
3. Odd development in Berlin (the city). City authorities are planning a refugee 'complex' in a wooded/green area. Yeah, to accomplish this....trees have to be cut. Apparently, local environmentalists are furious over the matter. Pankow district.
4. Kinda amusing....new German kid's book out....title: “The New Bunny School”. Written by comedian/actress Anke Engelke. Designed for young kids.
So in this story....the fox and rabbit are 'friends'. And the story evolves around the fact that the fox has become vegan (not really possible but for the story....yeah, it happens). The new bad guy? The farmer.
As you might imagine....this has gotten farmers in Germany riled up.
5. The German Finance Minister, Christian Lindner of the FDP Party, has a new plan on getting skilled/qualified foreign workers to come to Germany, and it'll attract a fair amount of negativity. The idea? A tax 'discount'.
He's not saying how much or how it would be constructed....just that if you needed x-number of employees quickly.....it could be possible to get them to move into Germany.
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