1. There's talk that a agreement on the budget has to be reached by Wednesday night....if nothing occurs, then by this next weekend....the coalition is rumored to collapse.
Odd? There was a meeting last night between the Finance Minister and the Chancellor....lot of pressure to 'move on'.....not much said after the meeting.
Likely winner out of a new election? No doubt....CDU/CSU with around 32-percent of the vote.
Likely loser out of a new election? No doubt....both the FDP (near 4-percent) and the Greens (near 9-percent).
2. King of Spain attempted to visit the Valencia area yesterday....with hostile feelings shown by locals. Federal gov't has been slow to provide help for the flood.
3. Thyssenkrupp (the German steel-maker) CEO gave an interview this weekend....says the company is losing money every day. Chief blame? Politics not working in favor of the company, and incompetent managers within the company itself.
4. Chancellor office in talks to buy two-dozen new exec chairs for the conference room. People are peeved to learn 4k Euro a chair strategy is in play.
To buy 4-star 'nice' chairs these days....run a minimum of 1k Euro.
5. Reform chatter on public TV 'players' (ARD and ZDF). Currently, the top exec's are making near 400k Euro a year each. The gov't wants to limit them to no more than what the Chancellor makes (roughly 200k Euro). How they would downsize the current 'team'? Unknown.
6. Spain's weather service is giving a warning of extreme weather in the next 24 hours....hinting at more flooding. This time in Almeria region (extreme SE tip of the country, upon the coast).
7. Hessen is setting up a Christmas-market rule.....NO knives. Markets will have a entry point or two, with cops surveilling and searching people. I have believing they have the manpower to manage this.....just in Wiesbaden alone, you'd have ten entry points.
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