Tuesday, April 22, 2025

22 Apr 2025: Five German News Stories

 1.   Friedrich Merz is the new incoming  Chancellor of Germany.  Confidence level?  Well...Forsa survey done....only one in five Germans (21 percent) consider the guy to be 'chancellor-to-be trustworthy'.

Yeah, it's a bad sign.

2.  Because other markets are saturated....cocaine dealers are concentrating now on Europe (Germany in particular). The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) chief made comments over the weekend...using the term "cocaine glut."

3.  From that Saturday shooting in Bad Nuheim (two Turks dead)....police have arrested two guyd (ages 31/36, both Turks).  What they are saying....the two didn't shoot the gun, but apparently have some connection (perhaps a murder contract).  

4.  WELT piece this AM....for decades....over-population was the big worry.  Well....new statistics.....population across the globe is on the decline, and this now has people worried.

5.  It would appear...one of the top three priorities of the new coalition....is to reform the pension program.  Lot of promises that Germans  won't have to work an  extra year....to retire  with current estimate of 'promised funds'.

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