1. Stuttgart rail infrastructure project....delayed again? It's currently around 10 years in waiting-to-be-done status. Based off commentary yesterday....they laid out around 1,000 km of cabling....incorrectly. It has to be yanked-up and done right. Blame? They aren't pointing fingers but you wonder.
2. Some kind of massive power outage in Reutlingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg)....went on for several hours Man-made incident.....everyone is avoiding saying a 'terror-act'.
3. Curious Forsa/RTL/N-TV survey/poll....Germans were asked 'who' can come in and fix all the problems/woes facing society.
CDU and AfD each had 13-percent.
Greens: 8-percent, Linke; 4-percent, SPD: 5-percent.
Then 55-percent said no party was capable of fixing the problems. Makes you wonder.
4. RyanAir CEO gave a blunt talk on BER (Berlin' airport)....pretty negative...says the gov't now needs to step in.
Having recently been through BER....it's a nice medium-sized airport....fairly modern. Bag-turn-in was five-star. My general complaint....one eating area....very limited seating (crap).
5. WELT piece: Talking over the Frankfurt train-station problems with safety. One comment stuck out...they (the police) can run raids six times a day....yet the infestation of drugs....is still there. My advice....if you have to travel through (either via the long distance trains or subway).....just walk directly....don't linger....don't stop for a beer or burger.
My humble view....either in the station, or in the underground area, or within 200 meters of the building....there's probably 300-plus people engaged in selling/dealing or using drugs....around the clock. Cure? If they were to detain/take anyone....they need to physically remove them (figure 200 km) from Frankfurt.
6. N-TV: One in five Germans order 'something-grocery-like' via on-line now.
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