Sunday, April 5, 2026

5 Apr 2026: Germany: 4 Things

 1.  Picked up the story from yesterday.....age 17 to 45 men in Germany....if you are leaving for 90-plus days....you need 'permission' to be out of the country.

So I asked Grok (AI) to note number of German affected.  15-million.

How many German guys are affected out of this....going to  university outside of the country....or working, playing pro-soccer, or just goofing off outside of Germany?  No rational number, but I take a guess at 100,000 in a average year who are fitting in a plus-90 day situation.

If the gov't did mandate a draft....then the problem comes up....based on polls....somewhere between 40 and  55 percent of young guys just would not participate.

2.  Reviewed latest poll....if a fed-election were forced....combined, the CDU-CSU-SPD coalition would ONLY total 38-percent.....not enough to win. Even with a four-partner situation....with the Greens....this might only get near 49 percent.

3.   Impending jet-fuel crisis....creating a massive wave of summer vacations  cancelled?  

Well...there's talk of this.  I'd say at the end of April....you'd have a better view of this.  If there were 30-to-40 percent of summer  flights curtailed....there would be a massive causality of economic woes to occur.  

4.  Fuel discount via tax-relief?  The German Economics Minister says 'NO'.

End of April....if E-10 fuel reaches 2.30 or more....Chancellor will be under enormous pressure for some type of tax-cut on fuels....my humble belief.

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