Tuesday, February 10, 2026

10 Feb 2026: Germany: 6 Things

 1.  I went back yesterday and watched the clip from the ARD Sunday night public forum show...Caren Miosga show.  Primary talk?  She moderated one-on-one with  AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla.

I'll just say two things....Miosga is usually 200-percent prepared to take on guests, but on this occasion....every time she herded him toward a bad position....he got the best of the discussion.

Second...of the dozen-odd top-dogs of AfD....Chrupalla  might be the brighter of the bunch.

2. BSW Party is still  pursuing a court-action to have the Jan 2025 German election ballots recounted. They missed the 5-percent vote 'mandate' by around 9k-to-10k votes.  They believe in some way....if a recount were to occur...the votes would be found, and they'd get seats in the Bundestag.

3.   Rail 'safety-summit' planned in Berlin for Friday....talking over increasing dangers. 

4.  Odd German statistic, 2024 numbers out for marriage registrations.....350k.  Lowest number (per year) since 1950.

5.  EU is talking to Europol (their police mechanism) to investigate Epstein.  Maybe a good idea...but 7 years (minimum) too late.

6.  Just odd....the 26-year-old Greek guy who killed a German train conductor last week....on a regional express train with his bare fists....had a brief encounter prior to the 'fight'.

Police say they  removed the 26-year-old from a TGV train arriving from France in Kaiserslautern at 11:50 a.m. because he had kicked a door inside the train. Train conductors asked for police help  at that point.

More and more...the guy seems 'heated-up' (drugged) in some fashion.  He hasn't said a word since the arrest.

As for the dead guy?  Well....it was a brain hemorrhage resulting from blunt force trauma to the head.  I don't see the Greek guy getting anything less than 20 years.

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