1. New poll out on election business....only real change, Greens bumped up to 13.5 percent (highest point in 12 months), and the AfD Party bumped up to 21.5 percent. SPD was a loser....dropping to 15.5 percent. CDU remains in the lead at 31 percent. (INSA numbers).
2. Explaining the Austria election business?
Look....they had a national election....back around late September. Results? Five parties got enough to have seats.
Far right (FPO) was the winner (29 percent), with center-right OVP Party in second place (26 percent). Left-of-center SPO took 3rd place with 21 percent). Massive 'hit' on the Greens....taking 8 percent. NEOS took 9 percent (center-center politically).
So here's the deal....all five are highly divided and they've been unable to build a coalition. The President has given a new mandate to the FPO Party to try building a coalition.....3rd attempt.
A number of German journalists are eyeballing the situation....saying this chaos might occur in Germany.
3. Berlin police say 1,500 folks have been arrested on bad-boy charges from the New Year's events.
4. Petition handed in....2-million signatures....to ban fireworks in Germany. Bundestag will at least discuss the matter....but I doubt that they will pass much of anything. They might go and make it a state-matter....where individual states can ban fireworks.
RBB says 363 local Berlin folks were wounded in some fashion from the fireworks business on New Year's Eve.
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