Sooner or later they’ll figure out that this is bat shit crazy.
Germany sets out plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045 – Germany has said it plans to phase out the use of coal, oil and gas by 2045, reaffirming a climate strategy focused on electrification.
“Our road map is intended to set an international example. I am sure that many other countries will follow.”
And it’s too high, in Germany.
Mercedes-Benz production in Germany is not competitive by international standards, in particular due to high labour costs, the premium automaker said on Tuesday, after a top executive warned workers that two plants could close.
The company wants to maintain plants and employment in Germany, it said in an emailed statement to Reuters. “But to do that, we need framework conditions that boost productivity in Germany,” it added.
What could possibly go wrong?
Muslim, Young Female Vote Drives Far-Left Die Linke ‘Election Intifada’ in Berlin – Far-left Die Linke has won Berlin’s state election for the first time, taking 25.7 per cent of the vote after more than doubling its support since 2023, a result driven heavily by younger voters and the immigrant-origin electorate and accompanied by fresh controversy over the party’s increasingly radical Neukölln branch...
Election data show that Die Linke’s success was driven particularly by young voters and the immigrant vote. Infratest dimap found that 43 per cent of voters under 25 backed the party, while 49 per cent of those aged 25–34 did so. Among young women, the result was even more striking: 51 per cent of female voters under 25 chose Die Linke, compared with 34 per cent of young men. The Greens followed among young women with just 12 per cent.
According to separate research by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Die Linke received 51 per cent of the Muslim vote, twice its overall share and 36 percentage points more than among Muslim voters in the 2023 Berlin election.
Das bleibt alles so wie es hier ist!
Everything here stays just the way it is!
That means expropriation.
You know, like in Cuba? Or New York City?
Berlin election campaign centers around radical-left drive to seize properties – Following Sunday’s regional vote, a coalition of left-wing parties could move to expropriate apartment buildings as part of a plan to lower rents…
The Left party, which traces part of its history to East Germany’s communist party, is enjoying a political revival after winning a new wave of support from young voters mobilized by the far right’s rise. For its Berlin campaign, the party has taken inspiration from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, employing his focus on cost-of-living issues as a model.
35 F-35s might be a good place to start.
Germany takes delivery of first F-35A fighter jet in Texas – The delivery comes as Berlin and Washington seek closer defence-industrial cooperation.
Germany unveiled its first F-35A fighter jet on Friday, marking what Defence Minister Boris Pistorius called the start of a new era for the German Air Force.
The aircraft was unveiled at the historic US Air Force Plant 4 in Fort Worth, where combat aircraft have been built since 1943, after the German delegation toured Lockheed Martin’s production line for the fifth-generation fighter.
That means Oktoberfest inflation.
Oktoberfest: A Maß of beer (one liter) costs five times as much as it did in 1985 – Beer prices at the Wiesn (Oktoberfest) —or rather, the frustration over them—have been a topic of discussion in Munich for decades. In raw numbers: This year, a Maß of beer costs an average of 15.61 euros, 2.4 percent more than last year.
Ain’t nobody gonna listen to you at the UN anyway.
Merz cancels UN visit after AfD election win puts his leadership on the ropes – German chancellor gets support from state leaders but further far-right gains this weekend could spell the end.
Powerful German state leaders from Friedrich Merz’s party have rallied behind him as speculation builds that his days in office may be numbered.
The chancellor’s hold on power has looked increasingly shaky since a bombshell regional election result earlier this month in which the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party routed his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Saxony-Anhalt.
With two more states heading to the polls on Sunday where the AfD is expected to perform well, Merz cancelled a plan to speak at the UN general assembly in New York next week because “his presence is required in Berlin”, a government official said on condition of anonymity.
Not even the Germans know about it.
U.S., Israeli and Arab military chiefs held secret meeting on Iran – Top military commanders from the U.S., Israel and several Arab countries met last week in Germany to discuss the war with Iran and broader tensions in the region, two Israeli officials told Axios.
The private retreat, organized by Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Adm. Brad Cooper, was not officially announced by any of the participating countries.
I don’t understand.
How could elections not be closed to foreigners? In Berlin or anywhere else.
In cosmopolitan Berlin, elections still closed to foreigners – A quarter of Berlin residents will have no say in the German capital’s city-state election because they lack citizenship. That’s the highest proportion of residents excluded from the election yet, and many are unhappy.
