German health minister announces billions in cutbacks – The comprehensive reform package aims to plug a multi-billion-euro hole in Germany’s expensive healthcare system. The reforms include mandatory second opinions for costly surgeries and no more homeopathy.
The routine public knife attacks are particularly irksome.
Germany news: Most Germans see decline in public manners – Most Germans think people’s manners are getting worse, although most rate themselves as polite.
When it comes to extreme right incitement to hatred, defamation, and insult.
German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic – A convicted German transgender right-wing extremist, who has been on the run for months, has been arrested in the Czech Republic.
Germany news: Gas price hike higher than other EU countries – Fueled by the Middle East war, German petrol prices have risen more sharply than in neighboring EU countries.
It’s common knowledge that they simply ADORE Viktor Orbán and would never even think of doing or saying anything to discredit him.
Germany accuses JD Vance of hypocrisy over claim that EU meddled in Hungary’s election – Government spokesperson remarks that the U.S. vice president may himself be guilty of interfering in the vote.
There sure is a lot of biting commentary in German news these days.
In Germany, a woman bites a railway worker to get through closing doors – The employee tried to stop the woman trying to board a train as the doors were closing.
One in five young Germans plan to leave the country – A recent study shows that as many as one in five Germans between the ages of 14 and 29 are actively thinking about moving to another country — and 40% plan to do so in the long term.
Think life is great in Germany? Many of the country’s young people disagree. A growing number of Germans aged between 14-29 say they are actively planning to leave their homeland. In the recent study called “Jugend in Deutschland” or “Youth in Germany,” some 21% of young Germans surveyed say they are actively planning to leave Germany to find a better life. As many as 41% say they could imagine moving abroad in the longer term.
To teeter on the edge of oblivion like that, I mean.
Go away already. Please.
Germany’s center left is on the brink of oblivion – If the Social Democracts don’t want to disappear into the fringes, they have to decide, once and for all, what they stand for and who they represent.
Young German men refusing military service – Military service remains voluntary in Germany. However, with the Bundeswehr needing more soldiers, conscription could soon return. But an increasing number of young men are choosing to opt out.
Phil Werring is thinking about refusing to serve in the military. He does not want to join the German army, the Bundeswehr.
“They always say it’s about defense,” the student told DW. “But I don’t see the threat situation and therefore I have no interest in completing compulsory service in the army.”
Military service remains voluntary in Germany, but that could soon change. The army needs at least 60,000 additional soldiers in the next few years.