I wonder who wins?
Labor Costs, Sick Leave, Productivity: Confidential Document: VW Compares German and Chinese Workers.
Ten percent of VW workers in Germany are sick at any given time. In China it’s less than two percent.
But at least in China these workers will soon be replaced by robots who will be working 24/7 and never call in sick.
And no, this isn’t satire.
Row over weight of half a loaf leaves German baker with €15,000 bill – A customer complaint over just 10 grams of missing bread forced the Bavarian baker to install new weighing equipment across his shops.
The punch line: German politicians can’t seem to figure out why companies aren’t willing to invest in Germany anymore.
Cashes in on being Germany’s most dangerous politician.
Election Campaign Hype on eBay: 1,000 Euros for a Siegmund Autograph on the “Spiegel” Cover – Election-campaign frenzy at the online auction site eBay! There, a private seller sold an autograph by AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund (35) for the state election (September 6) in Saxony-Anhalt on an issue of Der Spiegel titled “Germany’s Most Dangerous Man.” Highest bid: 1,010 euros!
A total of 43 bids were placed. In the listing, the seller assured buyers: “You are bidding on an original, hand-signed (not a copy or print) autograph by Ulrich Siegmund on a Spiegel issue. I hope you enjoy bidding!” Beneath the AfD politician’s signature is the date from last Saturday (August 15, 26).
Calling AfD voters the n-word (nazis) is the most popular pastime of the German Mind Police these days.
This makes it easier for the established parties to maintain their “firewall” in order to protect themselves from competition, i.e. from having to do what the voters want them to do (see migration, energy, bureaucracy, etc.).
Germany’s AfD is labeled far right, populist or extremist – Right wing, far right, fascist: Many terms are being thrown around in the debate about the AfD. What do they mean, and how appropriate are they when discussing the Af
What, or who, could be the problem?
Rise in ramming attacks – The attack is the latest in a series that have left the country grappling with questions about public safety.
Six people were killed and hundreds injured when a car plowed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg in December 2024. Two months later, a car drove into trade union demonstrators in Munich, killing a woman and her two-year-old daughter. Two more people were killed in March 2025 when a car rammed into a crowd in Mannheim…
German of the day: Amerikabild
That means image of America.
The soccer fan who is shaking up Germany’s image of America – For years, Germans have viewed the U.S. primarily through headlines and mostly negative news: Donald Trump, polarization, gun violence, and culture wars. And now an unknown German soccer fan named “Freddy from Germany” comes along, posts on social media about his first visit to a “Waffle House,” expresses amazement at a massive gas station with more than a hundred pumps and a shooting range right in the middle of an outdoor store—and suddenly, millions of people are seeing a different side of America…
Perhaps this World Cup ultimately says more about Germany than it does about the United States.
That means pricing policy.
U.S. Launches Trade Investigation Against Germany Over Drug Prices – Washington accuses Berlin of underpaying for innovative drugs. If the investigation yields corresponding results, punitive tariffs could even be imposed.
The U.S. has launched a trade investigation against Germany regarding drug pricing. According to several media reports, Washington intends to examine whether innovative drugs are systematically underpaid on the German market, causing U.S. patients to bear a comparatively high share of research and development costs.
Doesn’t mean we’re antisemitic.
We’re “sorry” you misunderstood that.
German hotel denied Israeli family’s booking with message ‘no Jews allowed’ – A German hotel is under fire after its staff told an Israeli family “there are no jews allowed” as they denied their booking this week.
The family had tried to reserve a room at the Hotel Zum Hirschen, a 120-year-old resort that sits on the Czech Republic border, through Booking.com on Tuesday.
A spoonful of sugar helps the government interference go down.
But we’re going to tax it anyway.
Germany’s sugar tax sparks ‘nanny state’ debate – Friedrich Merz’s government has agreed to introduce a sugar levy on soft drinks as part of its health care reforms. Critics have called it disproportionate interference, but dozens of countries already have such a levy.
The German government’s decision to introduce a levy on sugary drinks as part of its health care reform package has triggered a new debate on government interference in diets.
And any flavor you want, simultaneously.
Germany is toast! Germany doing better! Whatever.
German industrial production fell unexpectedly in March, decreasing by 0.7% from the previous month, the federal statistics office said on Friday.
Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted a 0.5% rise.
Observing Hermann 