Saturday, January 24, 2026

24 Jan 2026: Germany: 5 Things

 1. Lot of chatter developing  over the Mercousur/EU/South America trade deal.

Everyone  from 10 days ago were super-positive....now with the EU vote....there has to be a judicial review....with some believing the treaty might be dismantled, or take years to  approve.

The people being blamed?   Some elements of the Green Party.   Chancellor gave a talk yesterday....fairly peeved at the way this trade deal was halted.

2. Ten countries declared 'SAFE' yesterday....so if you were on the deport-list from these countries....up until now....they were unsafe, and you could delay your exit. The ten?

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Ghana, Kosovo, Moldova/Republic,  Montenegro, North Macedonia, Senegal, Serbia.

To be honest....there are probably a couple thousand Germans each year who were going to  Albania on summer vacations. 

More pressure now to  increase deportations.

4. 6,700 conscientious objectors listed since December.  List grows....day by day.  Would imagine by end of 2026....nearing 80,000.

5.  German news media preparing public for 'over-throw' of Cuban gov't. 

Yeah, they might go defend the Castro-era and hype a severe criticism over the  Trump effort. 

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