1. This Thursday...Lufthansa pilots plan a 1-day strike.
2. Polling: two-thirds of German voters believe the current welfare-state....cannot continue on. This puts both the CDU-CSU and SPD parties into a bind.
3. Serious amount of rainfall for Wed/Thur.....in the northern quarter of Germany....snow.
4. Besides the language classes mandated....non-Germans are also herded into integration classes (typically four weeks).
The funding for these? Well...the federal gov't. This past week....the Federal Office said it was restricting access to these courses.
"In particular, asylum seekers, those with tolerated stay status, people from Ukraine," and EU citizens will no longer be admitted.
At the state level....some folks are hyped-up over the decision.
5. Poll done in Germany.....only 55-percent of Germans feel 'safe'.
69-percent of Germans now feel like Germany might get mixed up in a war.
Two-thirds of Germans polled....feel that the US is a 'threat' to world peace.
If you asked me to explain these numbers....it helps to have public TV setting the pace, and keeping you focused nightly on hyped-up stories. If they weren't telling the worry-stories....they'd have to focus on the economy....over-regulation, and stalled commerce (within Germany).
6. Trump administration says it will transfer command of the NATO Southern Command in Naples to Italy and command of the Northern Command in Norfolk, Virginia, to the UK. Other topic in discussion....the US will assume command of NATO naval forces (currently based in the UK). If you asked me if Northern Command will remain in Virginia...I'm of the mind it'll move to some location in the UK.
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