1. Over the past month....if you watch economic news in Germany....the chemical industry is telling the Merz coalition.....they can't afford the grid-price on electricity.
The various hints being given? Rather than resolve the grid 'mess'....there's some suggestion going on....where the general public would subsidize electricity prices for the chemical industry.
Adding another reason for more taxes? Yeah.
My solution? Give up producing chemicals in Germany, and ship all production to China. If you ask me....this was a designed strategy to trigger public discontent, and ship jobs overseas.
2. Federal Council meeting on hunting of wolves to be allowed....from yesterday. Expected to be 'permits' shortly.
3. Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Greece have formed what I'd call a 'deportation coalition'. They are careful on wording but they want a couple of 'hubs' to serve as migrant deportation return centers.
Who are the hubs? I'd imagine 'dirt-poor' countries that can be enticed.
Looking at the five....I'd take a humble guess that together....they have in the 400,000 range to 'deport'.
This will involve cash to some degree....you agree to take 10,000....you get 3,000 Euro (my guess) for each one taken. 30-million Euro to settle.
The three problems here? Court action to prevent the hub-situation....deportees arriving in x-country on a Monday, and headed back to Germany by Friday.....and most of the poverty countries giving a limit of 10,000 per year (meaning it'll take a decade to resolve this mess).
But here's the selling point....if you can make this work...AfD's brand diminishes.
4. Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder (CDU) gave a talk on the Bahn (railway system). In simple terms....he says its so screwed up that people are losing confidence that it can ever be 'fixed'.
As a occasional rider....I'll just say that the Bahn has become awful technical, and there are a thousand components....which any one can break and be a safety issue. I might add....of thirty-odd rides since early 2025 for me....at least six have been screwed up (minimum of thirty minutes late). Back in 2019....on a trip into Frankfurt....the train halted in the tunnel system...unable to proceed because the train in front of us had already broke. We sat for a good 45 minutes there in the tunnel.
5. Chatter started yesterday....state-regulated fuel prices being discussed.
Politicians are convinced that the 'system' is rigged for profit. If you view it from opposite view....six different taxes are at play, and each time the fuel advances 10-cents....taxation advances as well. Germans aren't stupid....they will figure out this 'game'.
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