1. Curious news piece this AM....investigation started up in Germany....suggestion is that Russian timber made its way into Germany....billions worth. Exam so far....over half of the birch-wood products....are Russian. How it got into Germany? Still an unknown.
2. Pension plans by the new coalition....seen as 'eyewash' and cost-factor will be into the billions that 'someone' has to pay. Other side of the coin....fair number of people say the pension program is already 'broke'.
3. Odd statistic....Hessen (the state) ranks at the top (16 states) for skin cancer.
4. Line 1707 of the coalition agreement....written in a way to suggest that the billions for climate-change....could be used in the general budget. Will freak out the environmentalists, if true.
5. It appears that the EU is developing a wolf-hunt guideline....making it easier to shoot wolves...something that German lawmakers could not bring themselves to settle the mess. In some ways....odd...the EU doing something that seems positive.
On the wolf issue? In the northern third of Germany....it's becoming an issue that farmers are concerned about.
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