Air conditioning in Germany is now officially a good thing.
Greens’ Dröge calls for air conditioning push in public facilities – The co-leader of Germany’s Greens, Katharina Dröge, appeals in this week’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper for rapid moves to install air conditioning units in key public buildings.
You know. Key public buildings like the German Bundestag.
That means job cuts. Deep cuts, in this case.
Job Cuts at VW: Auto Giant Plans to Cut Up to 100,000 Jobs – The crisis in the auto industry continues. VW is now reportedly doubling its original layoff plans – and some plants are also expected to be closed.
According to information from Manager Magazin, the Volkswagen Group plans to cut up to 100,000 jobs. Citing insider information, the publication reported that the restructuring is to be carried out over the next few years. This would effectively double the previous job-cut target. In addition, plans are reportedly in place to close four plants in Hanover, Emden, Zwickau, and Neckarsulm (Audi) in the medium term.
It’s felt them though. In the ancient past.
Germany hit by record temperatures as heatwave moves east – Germans braced for sweltering conditions on Saturday as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths in Western Europe was expected to move east after temperatures broke records above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
Everybody knows why Germans don’t have air conditioning.
Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren’t equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, trends are changing.
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.
This time it’s “blame the Designated Bad Guy for everything.”
They just switched it from Trump to Merz.
Germans’ New National Sport: Blaming Friedrich Merz for Everything – Blaming the current chancellor cannot conceal the deeper, collective responsibility for Germany’s nearly 20 years of drift.
That impulse says less about Mr. Merz than about the political maturity of the Federal Republic.
After that, it will look again at nuclear-powered electricity.
It’s only a matter of time.
Is Germany looking again at coal-powered electricity?
Germany is the biggest user of coal for power generation in Europe, and the fourth largest in the world after China, India and the US. But it has pledged to stop using it altogether by 2038.
For lignite, the low-quality soft coal that is the most polluting, Germany has even brought the phase out forward to 2030.
Currently some 20% of German power generation comes from coal, but it wishes to end this as it focuses on growing wind and solar.
We’re here to help.
Germany deploys ship to Red Sea for possible Hormuz mission, minister says – Germany is deploying two ships to the Red Sea in preparation for a possible military mission in the Strait of Hormuz, Germany’s Defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday.
“As we speak, our minesweeper Fulda and the supply ship Mosel are sailing through the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea,” he told reporters as he arrived for a meeting with his NATO counterparts in Brussels.
The German population, as in actual Germans, in Germany?
Most definitely. And it’s been doing so for years.
Germany news: Population shrinks for first time since 2020 – A dip in net migration meant it could not cancel out Germany’s low birth rates in 2025.
Germany’s population shrank by roughly 110,000, or 0.13%, last year.
Back by popular demand?
We’re ready to fight Russia tonight, vows head of German air force – Lt Gen Holger Neumann says Luftwaffe would launch devastating strikes if Moscow attacked a Nato ally.
Observing Hermann 