Saturday, November 14, 2026

14 Nov 2026: Germany: News

 1.  German natural gas storage fell to 58-percent....giving a early warning stage.

2.  Ilse Aigner is very likely to be nominated as candidate for first female president of Germany.

The CDU/CSU nominated Bavarian Landtag President Ilse Aigner (CSU) to succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier. 

SPD support?  Apparently there.  Vote to occur in January.

Odd background....trained electrical/helicopter technician....later getting into politics.

3.  Germany beat Serbia last night....3-1.  

4. New income rules being discussed, for those on German welfare and having part-time jobs.  Best guess....gov't might be able to save up to 1.5-billion Euro.

5.  Normal German retirement rule....for each month you retire early.....there is a .3-percent cut in your monthly pension.   One year would be 3.6-percent cut.  So instead of a retirement at age 67....you retire at 65 with a 7.2-percent cut.  

Well....gov't is discussing a increase....maybe .4  cut.  This would make a 2-year early deal cut at 9.6-percent.

Lot of Germans having this early-retire deal....disgruntled over company activities.

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