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And tax breaks for skilled German workers?
Out of the question.

Wir sind doch nicht blöd (we aren’t stupid). Somebody has to pay for this.
Germany debates tax breaks for skilled foreign workers – The German government wants to grant skilled foreign workers a tax rebate if they take up employment in Germany. But the idea has been met with resistance.
But he’ll get over it
Real fast. It’s just how they roll here.

German defence minister deplores meagre military spending – Boris Pistorius’s criticism comes on eve of Nato summit in Washington.
German defence minister Boris Pistorius has criticised his government for approving less than a fifth of the budget increase he said was needed by Germany’s military, in stark remarks on the eve of a Nato summit in Washington.
“Kai will pay”
Red marks the spot.

Berlin bans red triangle symbol used by Hamas to mark targets – Berlin has banned the inverted red triangle symbol due to its use by Hamas and their supporters to mark enemy targets in videos and graffiti.
The motion passed in the state senate said the scarlet arrow icon represents an immediate threat to Jews and to people committed to the freedom and security of Israel and should be banned at protests and in the context of the Middle East conflict.
The symbol has been used to target pro-Israel academics and politicians, including Kai Wegner, the Berlin mayor who ordered the eviction of pro-Palestine protesters from the city’s Free University by police.
“Kai will pay” was graffitied on the wall of a university under a red triangle.
Best match in the championship so far
Peace bunkers are out
Now “war bunkers” are in. Again.

Germany plans new war bunkers – German cities are calling for new bunkers to be built, to protect the population in the event of war. But critics argue there’s no point.
There might be no better way to gauge a country’s anxieties than by checking in on the companies building panic rooms and private bunkers.
Business has been going worryingly well for BSSD Defence, the Berlin-based company that builds “protection room systems” for private, business and military applications. As well as a range of home security equipment, the company offers everything from “pop-up panic rooms” for around €20,000 ($21,400) to full-scale bunkers for close to €200,000.
It starts with “beef”
And ends up someplace later with “law.”

But the law is the law. And the German language is the German language.
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. Let’s give it a try: Beef labelling supervision and duties assignment law.
‘Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungs-aufgabenübertragungsgesetz’: how viral tongue-twisters lightened up German language…
Now German, the primary vernacular of about 100 million Europeans, is turning its prickly peculiarities into an asset with an embrace of Zungenbrecher (literally, tongue-breakers) that have touched off a global comeback of the wordplay, even among people who do not speak the language.
I’d be upset too, Poland
Germany opened up the floodgates (Angela Merkel, 2015).

Let the Germans take care of the huddled masses yearning to be… to get a free lunch.
Poland upset after Germans return Afghan migrants – German police returned an Afghan family that had illegally departed Poland. Warsaw decried the move as a violation of law, German police say Polish counterparts left them waiting for hours.
“The transfer of foreigners to Poland by the German police was carried out in violation of the principles of cooperation between the two services and against the transfer law. The German authorities must not make such a decision arbitrarily.”
We’ll start checking our border crossings for once…
And jackpot! 1,400 unauthorized entries and 173 arrest warrants issued in one week.

Maybe we should do this more often. Like, for always and forever. And not just for Euro 2024.
Germany detects 1,400 unauthorised entries ahead of Euros, Bild says – Border authorities in Germany, host nation of Euro 2024, detected 1,400 unauthorised entries and issued 173 arrest warrants in the week preceding the soccer tournament, according to German newspaper Bild.
Expanded border controls introduced temporarily for the championships prevented 900 people from entering the country between June 7 and June 13, the Sunday paper said.
German of the day: Auseinandernehmen
That means to take apart, dismantle, take to pieces.

We’ll even shoot one goal for you!
Euro 2024 updates: Germany thrash Scotland in record win – Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz inspired Euro 2024 hosts Germany to the biggest-ever opening game win at a European Championship as Julian Nagelsmann’s team inflicted a 5-1 defeat on Scotland…
An Antonio Rüdiger own goal in the 87th minute gave the sizable contingent of Scotland fans something to cheer — and they did so in exaggerated fashion — before Emre Can capped a brutal defeat, scoring Germany’s fifth in the final minute of stoppage time.

