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Tis the season to “reflect growing diversity”
Berlin’s Christmas markets have been reflecting this for years.
Berlin’s traditional Christmas markets reflect city’s growing diversity – The smells of mulled wine, roasted almonds and hot bratwurst are wafting through the air across the German capital again, as the city’s more than 100 Christmas markets are opening their doors this week. But the annual tradition that Germans have cherished since the Middle Ages — and successfully exported to much of the Western world — has become a pretty diverse affair, at least in Berlin.
Well, if there was ever any doubt…
You must NEVER relax the debt brake, Germany.
Relax Germany’s debt brake, says Angela Merkel – Former chancellor’s memoirs back reform of borrowing cap that she introduced into constitution.
Former chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Germany to relax its “debt brake”, in a sign of the growing political pressure to overhaul a borrowing cap that many economists say is too inflexible.
Merkel, who served as chancellor between 2005 and 2021 and introduced the debt brake into Germany’s constitution, made the proposal for change in her autobiography Freedom: Memories 1954-2021.
Maybe this will help me keep my job…
I know. I’ll call Vladimir Putin and ask him to stop the war and pull out of Ukraine.
That’s never been tried before.
Zelensky accuses German chancellor of opening ‘Pandora’s box’ with Putin…
Facing a snap election on Feb. 23, Scholz’s Social Democrats are coming under pressure from Russia-friendly populist parties on both sides of the political spectrum that argue the government has not deployed enough diplomacy to end the war, according to Reuters.
Don’t choose between security and prosperity…
Because you won’t get either.
Scholz, fighting for survival, says Germans should not choose between security and prosperity – Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday appealed to parties to pass measures such as raising child benefits and lifting tax thresholds before a February snap election, stressing that Germans did not need to choose between security and prosperity.
Scholz was addressing parliament in political leaders’ first public head-to-head since the collapse of the chancellor’s ruling coalition last week forced the country into a snap election that will likely take place in February.
We don’t have enough paper…
For the ballots, you know?
So we can’t have that vote of confidence and early election you voters want. Even though our government doesn’t have a majority anymore and is more non-functioning than ever. Sorry, fellow citizens. It’s out of our hands.
Geez. These German SPD guys would make good Democrats.
Germany: Paper questions punctuate election date debate – As lawmakers jostle over the timing of a vote of confidence after Germany’s coalition collapse, preparations are already being made for a snap election. Officials have warned of logistical issues with ballot printing.
German of the day: Nostalgie
That means nostalgia.
You know, the sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time? Way back when? In the past?
Germany’s Volkswagen crisis: an ode to nostalgia – Germany’s car manufacturer and long-time economic powerhouse Volkswagen has shaped the lives and memories of generations of Germans. It’s current crisis gives pause to reflect on its importance in Germany’s history.
German of the day: Mauerfall
The means the fall of the wall. The Berlin Wall.
Thirty-five years ago today.
Sorry, we’re only firing at the moment
Hiring war gestern (was yesterday).
German companies’ hiring plans drop to four-year low, Ifo finds – German companies are less willing to hire new staff than at any point in more than four years, data from the Ifo institute showed on Monday, as weakness in Europe’s largest economy has left its mark on the country’s labour market.
Ifo’s employment barometer fell to 93.7 points in October from 94.0 points in September, the lowest level since July 2020.
Hey, somebody forgot their bag of triacetone triperoxide in the train!
So much for that planned terrorist attack.
Germany: Manhunt after explosives left at Berlin station – German police are looking for a man who left a bag of explosives at Berlin’s Neukölln train station…
A police officer told the daily Berliner Zeitung that “it seems as if an attack has been prevented,” as an explosion caused by the contents of the bag would have had “dramatic consequences” if it occurred near a group of people.
The man ran away after he was subjected to a check by police officers.
Observing Hermann 