1. IFO spoke up and said Germany....at least until 2026....is in stagnation. Cause? Poor orders, no new investment money, and consumers have lowered 'consumption'.
Would imagine it'll be a top 3 discussion for fed-election in 2025.
2. Heated talk going on in the Bundestag....with the CDU 'boss' (Merz) giving the SPD a deadline to rig up a fix on migrants (Tuesday). It looks like there's finally going to be a limit created. How this works? Unknown.
3. From Wed...FC Schalke 04 had a 'friendly' match with a regional Dutch team (NAC Breda).
Well...things went south after the game....with 300-odd fans from the two groups attacking each other. Football fan all-out brawls are pretty rare these days. Local cops are saying.....there's going to be consequences with the folks arrested.
4. Oasis has announced two MORE concerts in 2025. Lot of hyped-up Brits over the 'comeback' of the rock band.
5. I watched a regional (HR) talk yesterday...on the business spiral for pharmacy operations in Germany. On average....one pharmacy every single day...is shutting own (due to lack of profit).
6. That shooter in Munich? 18-year old Austrian, radicalized Muslim.
7. German teacher's association says things are rough in schools, and they want 'security'. Not sure how they mean this.....sounds like they want actual police within the building.
Manpower for this? NO. Could they hire folks? Pretty sure there are a number of retirees with military background, but you'd just stir up more problems.
8. Putin 'says' he wants to put support behind Kamala Harris. Odd statement and there are various ways you might interpret the support.
9. Saxony CDU 'boss' says after the election...a minority coalition situation is 'not an option'. One way or another....they will partner with BSW.
10. This morning, a guy walked into the Koblenz police station, with a machete....waving it around. Threat was to kill policemen. Cops kept him cornered....used a taser on him....then arrested the guy. Guy identified as a Albanian. Just based on description of the incident....this being 2:30 AM....I'd say he was drugged-up or drunk.
11. Starting to be conversation videos....where VW employees kinda admit....even 12 months ago, there were signs of economic collapse going on with the car-maker.
No comments:
Post a Comment