1. When you are watching a German chat-forum (5 individuals usually).....if Frau X or Herr Y is an expert on something.....and the conversation drifts out of the topic to something that has nothing to do with their expert-status....DON'T give them any attention. They are typically out of their 'zone' and offer little in terms of expert value.
2. Both ARD and ZDF (the public TV folks)....will do anything possible to avoid negative economic news to the general public.
3. Hype building up for more Sunday openings....oddly, the church and trade unions are totally against it. The odd counter-punch? Staying closed on Sundays....gives leverage to Amazon.
4. When some German says his political stance is center-right.....he's mostly saying he's center-center-center. I'd almost suggest that 50-percent of CDU-voters are this way now.
5. For five years....the EU has mandated that members pay the EU budget €0.80 per kilogram (€800 per ton) of non-recycled plastic packaging waste. For Germany....this amounts to 1.4-billion Euro a year.
So....Germany has finally decided....rather than taking this out of the general budget....they are going to create a special new tax....passing this to the companies....who will pass it to the consumer.
The 1.4-billion Euro that was general budget spending? It'll continue....just to be used for some other gimmick.
Your individual cost? Around 16.60 Euro a year....per person.
What does the EU do with the 1.4-billion? Unknown.
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