You mean the far Right and the far Left (AfD and Die Links, successor of the SED).

Else, yes there is consensus that defense needs to become a priority, and they even want defense budgets in parts becoming exceptions from the debt brake. Its just that both SPD and Greens do not want to leave this exception alone, but want to use it as a door kicker to destroy the debt brake in total.

And one thing they all do not want: cuts, reforms, spending reductions. While a majority of the population, even the old and the workers and the low wage sector employed understand and support this (the latest poll showign that once again I just red this morning). Common sense in the ordinary peope, just not in the parties.


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You're right of course; I edited my post to correct it.

Me too, I wrote a minority of the population sees the need to cut spendings, while in fact it is a - clear - majority.



I followed your exmaple and corrected it, and see - it worked! :D

Just in - CDU and SPD and Greens reached a "deal" ( a foul deal I would call it) and acchieved agreement on 1 trillion of new debts. It should be whipped through the old parliament next Tuesday, on the very very very last meter of the old legislation period.

AfD and Die Linke sued at the Constitutional High Court. I expect the court will let the coup pass, noting that it has a foul smell on it.

Thats because it is foul and rotten for sure.

If you now think all will be well with defense in Germany, hold your horses and keep them on a very short line. The money will mostly be thrown out of the window for nothing. I promise it.

Reminds me what I use to say about Denmark
The question is not whether it has turned into a banana republic, but the consistency of the bananas. In this case rotten

Markus

Yes, its greasy slime. More blue-ish than brown. Snail slime is appetizing, compared to it.

The Greens got - 100 billion. Not money - even more DEBTS.

As expected, the Constgitutinal High court said its all good and well that the old Bundestag majorities do poltics for the new chancellor that so far is not chancellor at all.

We live in a corrupt, deeply immoral karistocracy.

The bill will be presented, its 1.1 trillion in additional debts. Only for that Merz can play chancellor for some time.

He will not last the whole four years.

[Tichys Einblicke]
The Seven Lies of German Politics
By Laszlo Trankovits

After three years of largely disastrous policies by the traffic light government and 16 years of leaden Merkel governments, CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz is seeking a political turnaround ("policy change"). But everything points to the failure of the intended black-red coalition.

Germany's course continues downward, political turmoil and economic decline seem inevitable. Even if political chaos in Berlin would ultimately sweeps SPD star Boris Pistorius into the Chancellery with a minority government, the same applies. Because no chancellor and no alliance in Berlin has a realistic chance of bringing about a change of course that would enable Germany's urgently needed renaissance as long as the country's political elite clings to their life's lies. These almost delusional ideas prevent a return to reason, common sense, and confidence, to a politics that truly pursues the nation's interests.

1. "Democracy is under threat!"

No, it is not. The demonization of the AfD and its exclusion from the political process is causing lasting damage to Germany. This "firewall" is preventing the implementation of liberal and conservative policies, which also enjoyed a clear majority in the last elections. Right-wing extremists currently pose no threat to democracy, the rule of law, free elections, or the separation of powers.

The AfD's brown fringe, its nationalist rhetoric, and the caustic trivialization of Germany's Nazi past by some AfD politicians serve the embattled, aggressive left-wing forces to successfully embarrass and paralyze the CDU/CSU. Both the AfD platform and party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla are rooted in the Basic Law; there is no real reason for the CDU/CSU to rigorously refuse cooperation on substantive issues or for specific agreements.

If there are threats to democracy in Germany, they tend to come from Islamist circles or from staid or ideologically driven Social Democrats, the Greens, and the Left, who seek to restrict civil liberties with "anti-fascist" rhetoric or climate hysteria, thereby promoting totalitarian tendencies.

2. "Germany is rich and economically strong!"

Well, compared to Bulgaria, Turkey, or Belarus, Kazakhstan, that's true – otherwise, it's hardly true or only partially true. For decades, various federal governments have acted toward poor countries, international organizations, and the socially disadvantaged in their own country like a generous, rich uncle toward his poor relatives. Yet the perception of Germany as a rich country has long been in need of a perspective.

The generous distributions from the state's cornucopia are only possible because the country's hard-working citizens are taxed like in no other country (except Belgium). Germans are apparently just as unaware of this as they are of the fact that people in many European countries are significantly better off. This affects personal wealth, income levels, the tax burden, and pensions.

German infrastructure is considered dilapidated, and transport routes and public buildings are in urgent need of renovation. High exports from German industry and, in particular, the unique global position of many highly specialized, medium-sized companies still guarantee Germany's economic strength. In addition to some structural weaknesses in the economy, there is also a downside to Germany's export orientation: the chronic weakness of domestic demand, which manifests itself in a low investment rate and stagnating real wages.

3. Germany is a country of poets, thinkers, and inventors

Germany's share of global patents has steadily declined over the years. Just ten years ago, Germany ranked third among the countries with the most patent applications, behind the USA and Japan. China and South Korea have now overtaken Germany. German companies play a minor role in the digital high-tech revolution, especially in artificial intelligence.

In the European Innovation Index, Germany slipped from 4th to 9th place, overtaken by countries like Finland, Denmark, and the Netherlands. In the EU Commission's Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), Germany ranks 13th out of 27 – behind countries like Lithuania and Spain. Germany invests comparatively little in future technologies, focusing primarily on improving existing technologies. Translations of German literature and the dubbing of German feature films and TV series also play only a minor role internationally.

4. Germany has a high international reputation

Yes, sometimes. In Europe, many people love the number paymaster of the EU. Millions in Africa and Asia long for the German welfare state. In Arab countries, there are many compliments about the Nazis' hatred of Jews. However, Germany's once high reputation in the world has clearly developed cracks in recent years.

The Anholt-GfK Nation Brands Index ranks Germany second (after Japan) in terms of global image in culture, politics, business, and tourism. However, other parameters demonstrate the crumbling of Germany's reputation.

A 2024 survey by the German Chambers of Foreign Trade and the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce showed that 48 percent of the international companies surveyed believed that Germany's image had deteriorated in the last five years. In the renowned World Competitiveness Ranking of the International Institute for Management Development, Germany slipped dramatically from seventh place in 2018 to 24th place in 2023.

The Bundesbank has recorded a significant decline in foreign direct investment in Germany to $35 billion in 2024 – the second-lowest figure since 2015. Germany's share of all foreign direct investment in the EU has fallen from 16.4 percent (2018) to 9.7 percent (2023).

The reputational decline is paralleling the actual deterioration of hard economic indicators. In 2023, Germany was the only G7 economy with negative economic growth, productivity growth has stagnated for years, and deindustrialization is progressing.

5. "Germany is an international role model"

Really not. Germany is taking a largely pointless, special path in climate and energy policy. Moreover, no other country in Europe has such a permissive migration policy as Germany.

The Greens, in particular, are spreading the myth of Germany's "technological leadership" in the world when it comes to climate and energy. But no other country is following Germany's example.
The traffic light government had decided that Germany should become climate-neutral five years earlier than the EU, which only aims to reduce greenhouse gases to zero by 2050.

Apart from Germany, only very wealthy, sparsely populated countries like Norway and Sweden have such ambitious climate goals. Numerous countries rely on nuclear power, particularly for energy supply – including France, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Russia, China, India, Japan, and the USA.

While countries that have long been relatively open to migrants from all over the world, such as the USA, Sweden, Denmark, and Great Britain, are increasingly trying to close their borders, sometimes using very radical methods, German policymakers continue to fail to implement controlled and interest-driven migration.

6. "Germany's climate policy is very important!"

What nonsense! It was former Chancellor Angela Merkel who repeatedly pointed out that Germany was responsible for just two percent of global CO2 emissions. If all 84 million people in Germany were to emigrate to Mars tomorrow, the climate would change absolutely nothing – even if one assumes that climate change is indeed primarily man-made.

Many scientists doubt this, and many experts, above all, doubt the usefulness of many climate policy goals and measures, which are intended to have a profound impact on people's lifestyles and consumption habits. The price of the federal government's highly ambitious climate goals to date has been exploding prices for heating, gasoline, and food, the threat to Germany as an industrial location, and a deep sense of uncertainty among the people. The Green ideologues have managed to make many Germans, especially young people, feel guilty about using a straw, buying vegetables wrapped in cling film, or visiting their grandmother in the countryside by car.

7. "Problems of migration and integration are manageable"

That would be nice. The serious consequences of a misguided migration policy over many years can no longer be eliminated in the short or medium term. The millions of immigrants have placed enormous strains on the housing market, the healthcare system, kindergartens and schools, as well as the security apparatus.

People in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands, countries where a rethinking of migration and refugee policy has begun, are painfully aware that there are political mistakes that can have lasting negative effects on a country. Anyone who, without good reason (for example, due to a colonial past), opens the door to Islam in a predominantly Christian, secularized country is dramatically changing society. The same applies to the influence of immigrants, for whom disregard for women is part of their cultural DNA. Despite all their enormous integration efforts involving a lot of money, a lot of people, and a lot of goodwill, some immigrants from some parts of the world seem extremely difficult to integrate into a European country. However, Germany is not yet ready to focus on integration efforts—the increasingly unstable country doesn't even have migration under control yet.
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He does not mention the immense decline of public education quality and crashing school niveau, the soaring rates of migration crime like rape and knife violence, street assault and street murder, and the decline of traditional German working ethics and working values without which the economic success of the past would have been unthinkable.

German take on the new world order with Ukraine, Trump and Russia

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In german:
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...gespraech.html

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"Russia has switched to a war economy, and Putin has no choice but to continue waging war. Because the path back to a peace economy is blocked: What would Putin gain if he ended the war now? Not only would a million veterans have to be cared for, the transition of the economy from war to peace would result in a profound economic crisis in Russia. Around 35 percent of the Russian state budget now goes to the military and the arms industry. This transition is one of those moments when regimes begin to falter. Putin knows this and will not take such a risk."

"A feeling of being overwhelmed, even a feeling of exhaustion, has spread throughout the United States. Since the end of World War II, the US has supported and guaranteed the rules-based liberal world order. This is over under Trump. The growing conviction that we are an empire in decline has given rise to a desire for a return to the days when the US was not only the richest country in the world, but also the undisputed most powerful."

1 trillion in new debts are being raised in Germany. To put that into relation: currently, the total state debt of Germany is 2.45 trillion. No reforms planned. No savings planned. Not cuts planned. Industry and economy shriking, social spendings raising. But increasing debts en passant - and in dubious ways - by factor 1.5. If at least the 500 billion indeed would translate into a stronger German military. I absolutely doubt it will!



[Tichys Einblick] Dying for the rainbow flag and refugees? A look at old and new war rhetoric

The Bundeswehr is being rearmed with sums approaching World War II dimensions. But is money everything? Or are these efforts doomed to fail because there is hardly anyone willing to make sacrifices?

Mourir pour Dantzig? – "Die for Danzig?" was the title of an editorial by the French neo-socialist and pacifist Marcel Déat, which became a pacifist slogan shortly before World War II: Why should French men die in war if Hitler's Germany wanted to recapture the "Free State" of Danzig, which it had effectively lost to Poland in World War I?

The willingness to go to war for Poland and Danzig after Hitler and Stalin's invasion was low; the consequences were devastating for France. In the course of the "Western Campaign" or "French Campaign," the Wehrmacht overran the French and British armed forces in France in the few weeks from May 10 to June 25, 1940. This became synonymous with the "Blitzkrieg," in which an inherently inferior force can overwhelm both formidable fortresses and armies.

There was no shortage of material in France. The victory was based on speed, the element of surprise, and efficiency—and the Germans' certainty of victory. Historian Egon Flaig analyzes in a "Meditation on the Ukrainian Struggle for Independence" (Tumult, Spring 2025): "All outstanding cultural achievements depend on the willingness of individuals and groups to sacrifice. And the courage of a people to sacrifice is the cardinal resource of every war. As long as the enemy's technological superiority does not create a disproportion in battle, greater endurance, greater effort, and greater willingness to make sacrifices bring victory." (p. 11)

Even as I write, my pen bristles. Writing about war and death is unbecoming in pacified Germany. It is macabre that the rearmament turnaround was brought about by the formerly pacifist Green Party. Now the debt brake has been lifted to raise the insane sum of €400 billion for defense; the entire 2019 federal budget was only €371 billion. It can happen that quickly. But what's the point? Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is already calling for "military capability," but warning against the introduction of conscription, since the Bundeswehr is barely able to maintain its pacifist target strength of around 200,000 troops.

Currently, there are only 180,000 uniformed personnel. And now, rearmament, including calls for nuclear bombs and the reintroduction of conscription. This is underscored by the warning that "the Russians" are at the door, according to Jens Spahn, a CDU MP and potential minister in Friedrich Merz's armaments cabinet. Those who want to preserve peace prepare for war, goes the newly revived argument, dating back to late Roman times. So, tanks and other shiny weapons are being acquired again. But what about the soldiers who serve them and are supposed to die in them? Even at the beginning of the Ukraine war, more than 4,200 Bundeswehr soldiers prematurely resigned. Overall, there were more departures than recruits – the Bundeswehr is shrinking, even though people aren't allowed to quit like they are in a normal job.

"Sweet and honorable" to die for one's country: Horace's phrase, often quoted in times of war, has long since lost its appeal.

Above all: What are we going to war for? For Germany? Only 17 percent of Germans would "definitely" be prepared to defend Germany with weapons in the event of a military attack. This was the finding of a Forsa survey commissioned by RTL and ntv in March. A majority of 60 percent would currently be "probably not" or "under no circumstances" prepared to defend Germany with weapons in the event of a military attack. 19 percent said they would "probably" do so.

The willingness to make sacrifices doesn't seem to be that great. After all, young people today are no longer trained to be obedient, but to question and think critically. And this raises a number of questions when discussing this with the "target group," whose future deployment could be the vastness of Ukraine – a battlefield in both World War I and World War II.

There are 270,000 able-bodied Ukrainians living in Germany. Should German conscripts protect them with their lives and defend Ukraine? What about the millions of young men from Syria to Afghanistan who live in Germany? Are asylum seekers also subject to military service, or can they choose, while Germans are not?

Geert Wilders promises that no soldier of the Netherlands will risk his life in Ukraine as long as its fugitive soldiers are sipping their cocktails in Amsterdam. Now the consequences of an immigration policy and politically favored propaganda that has deliberately abandoned the concepts of people and nation and branded their use as unconstitutional are becoming apparent. What was undisputed in the 1960s—who the Bundeswehr should defend and who should be called to arms—is questionable today. After all, former Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the German flag, preferring to speak of people "who have been here longer." So are Ukrainian war refugees doubling the Bundeswehr's emaciated personnel strength? Are Syrians, Afghans, Palestinians, Algerians, Moroccans, and other young men from Africa moving from homes to the newly built barracks? Or will Germany no longer be a destination for the global refugee movement if the "host country" transforms from a gigantic "all-inclusive hotel" into a country that demands payment from immigrants? In the USA, at least, a two-year military commitment was long considered a prerequisite for naturalization.

This debate will be interesting to watch: Germans once again headed to the front, Afghans spared and allowed to be defended by their hosts. Will the debate about dual citizenship, the readily permitted, oh-so-progressive dual citizenship of immigration, come to an unexpected end? Where can I get one? Will dual citizenship holders also be drafted? Or will they quickly throw away their German papers this time when they are threatened with a military ID card? This escalation shows that the country of open borders is now paying the price for the unequal distribution of rights and responsibilities. Some are required to perform, pay taxes, and serve in the military, while immigrants are required to make no contribution of their own; entitlement is sufficient. Belonging based on the principle of favorability and "who offers more?", but please without personal contribution, certainly does not increase the willingness to make sacrifices among those foolish enough to still claim "German" as their nationality.

It goes even deeper. Masculinity is often dismissed today as toxic, that is, "poisonous," and male behavior is despised. This is why men are disadvantaged in schools and on the job market. "The End of Men" is a popular book title. But now they're supposed to go back to the barracks and put on uniforms? Tough guys are needed again to die, but only for that purpose. Alexander Wendt titled it "Dying for Wokistan." It will be interesting to see how many billions will be needed to recreate courage, camaraderie, pride, willingness to sacrifice—in short, soldierly virtues. Müsli-Sören, who is offended when addressed with the wrong pronoun, is now supposed to face the Russians. This won't end well for Sören. "Women and children first" isn't something even women want to claim in sheltered times – why men again now? And for whom?

The rainbow flag, the symbol of various sexual minorities, has recently been flying on German government buildings, demonstrating their moral superiority and deriving a victim mentality from their minority position, which makes others victimized – meaning, in the future, on the battlefield as well. No, solidarity exists in a society composed of arbitrary identities only for the respective small group, no longer for the "nation," a term that hardly exists anymore or is even allowed to be used. It should not be called "Germany" at all costs. Look for the word in party and government platforms: there's nothing. Unless Germany serves the world and provides much, much more development aid in the future.

Thus, the demanded readiness for military service clashes with the internal contradictions that have arisen because the Social Democrats, the Greens, and their affiliated CDU, who currently govern and set the tone, no longer feel committed to the country and its people, but now want them to be defended by people whom they simultaneously declare to be backward when they call themselves patriots. "Constitutional patriotism" is supposed to replace the common destiny of a nation. Is this constitution still worth fighting for if it allows an as yet unelected government with a defeated parliament to enforce what the actually elected parliament could deny it?

"Soldiers are murderers," wrote the writer Kurt Tucholsky in the 1930s. This sentence, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled in 1995, was not an insult. "Murderers," therefore, should defend our "values," or a Basic Law that can be switched off at will because the newly elected and ready Bundestag might oppose it. It has will risk his life in Ukraine as long as its fugitive soldiers are sipping their cocktails in Amsterdam. Now the consequences of an immigration policy and politically favored propaganda that has deliberately abandoned the concepts of people and nation and branded their use as unconstitutional are becoming apparent. What was undisputed in the 1960s—who the Bundeswehr should defend and who should be called to arms—is questionable today. After all, former Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the German flag, preferring to speak of people "who have been here longer." So are Ukrainian war refugees doubling the Bundeswehr's emaciated personnel strength? Are Syrians, Afghans, Palestinians, Algerians, Moroccans, and other young men from Africa moving from homes to the newly built barracks? Or will Germany no longer be a destination for the global refugee movement if the "host country" transforms from a gigantic "all-inclusive hotel" into a country that demands payment from immigrants? In the USA, at least, a two-year military commitment was long considered a prerequisite for naturalization.

This debate will be interesting to watch: Germans once again headed to the front, Afghans spared and allowed to be defended by their hosts. Will the debate about dual citizenship, the readily permitted, oh-so-progressive dual citizenship of immigration, come to an unexpected end? Where can I get one? Will dual citizenship holders also be drafted? Or will they quickly throw away their German papers this time when they are threatened with a military ID card? This escalation shows that the country of open borders is now paying the price for the unequal distribution of rights and responsibilities. Some are required to perform, pay taxes, and serve in the military, while immigrants are required to make no contribution of their own; entitlement is sufficient. Belonging based on the principle of favorability and "who offers more?", but please without personal contribution, certainly does not increase the willingness to make sacrifices among those foolish enough to still claim "German" as their nationality.

And now men are in demand again?

It goes even deeper. Masculinity is often dismissed today as toxic, that is, "poisonous," and male behavior is despised. This is why men are disadvantaged in schools and on the job market. "The End of Men" is a popular book title. But now they're supposed to go back to the barracks and put on uniforms? Tough guys are needed again to die, but only for that purpose. Alexander Wendt titled it "Dying for Wokistan." It will be interesting to see how many billions will be needed to recreate courage, camaraderie, pride, willingness to sacrifice—in short, soldierly virtues. Müsli-Sören, who is offended when addressed with the wrong pronoun, is now supposed to face the Russians. This won't end well for Sören. "Women and children first" isn't something even women want to claim in sheltered times – why men again now? And for whom?

The rainbow flag, the symbol of various sexual minorities, has recently been flying on German government buildings, demonstrating their moral superiority and deriving a victim mentality from their minority position, which makes others victimized – meaning, in the future, on the battlefield as well. No, solidarity exists in a society composed of arbitrary identities only for the respective small group, no longer for the "nation," a term that hardly exists anymore or is even allowed to be used. It should not be called "Germany" at all costs. Look for the word in party and government platforms: there's nothing. Unless Germany serves the world and provides much, much more development aid in the future.

Thus, the demanded readiness for military service clashes with the internal contradictions that have arisen because the Social Democrats, the Greens, and their affiliated CDU, who currently govern and set the tone, no longer feel committed to the country and its people, but now want them to be defended by people whom they simultaneously declare to be backward when they call themselves patriots. "Constitutional patriotism" is supposed to replace the common destiny of a nation. Is this constitution still worth fighting for if it allows an as yet unelected government with a defeated parliament to enforce what the actually elected parliament could deny it?

"Soldiers are murderers," wrote the writer Kurt Tucholsky in the 1930s. This sentence, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled in 1995, was not an insult. "Murderers," therefore, should defend our "values," or a Basic Law that can be switched off at will because the newly elected and ready Bundestag might oppose it. It has will risk his life in Ukraine as long as its fugitive soldiers are sipping their cocktails in Amsterdam. Now the consequences of an immigration policy and politically favored propaganda that has deliberately abandoned the concepts of people and nation and branded their use as unconstitutional are becoming apparent. What was undisputed in the 1960s—who the Bundeswehr should defend and who should be called to arms—is questionable today. After all, former Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the German flag, preferring to speak of people "who have been here longer." So are Ukrainian war refugees doubling the Bundeswehr's emaciated personnel strength? Are Syrians, Afghans, Palestinians, Algerians, Moroccans, and other young men from Africa moving from homes to the newly built barracks? Or will Germany no longer be a destination for the global refugee movement if the "host country" transforms from a gigantic "all-inclusive hotel" into a country that demands payment from immigrants? In the USA, at least, a two-year military commitment was long considered a prerequisite for naturalization.

It goes even deeper. Masculinity is often dismissed today as toxic, that is, "poisonous," and male behavior is despised. This is why men are disadvantaged in schools and on the job market. "The End of Men" is a popular book title. But now they're supposed to go back to the barracks and put on uniforms? Tough guys are needed again to die, but only for that purpose. Alexander Wendt titled it "Dying for Wokistan." It will be interesting to see how many billions will be needed to recreate courage, camaraderie, pride, willingness to sacrifice—in short, soldierly virtues. Müsli-Sören, who is offended when addressed with the wrong pronoun, is now supposed to face the Russians. This won't end well for Sören. "Women and children first" isn't something even women want to claim in sheltered times – why men again now? And for whom?

The rainbow flag, the symbol of various sexual minorities, has recently been flying on German government buildings, demonstrating their moral superiority and deriving a victim mentality from their minority position, which makes others victimized – meaning, in the future, on the battlefield as well. No, solidarity exists in a society composed of arbitrary identities only for the respective small group, no longer for the "nation," a term that hardly exists anymore or is even allowed to be used. It should not be called "Germany" at all costs. Look for the word in party and government platforms: there's nothing. Unless Germany serves the world and provides much, much more development aid in the future.

Thus, the demanded readiness for military service clashes with the internal contradictions that have arisen because the Social Democrats, the Greens, and their affiliated CDU, who currently govern and set the tone, no longer feel committed to the country and its people, but now want them to be defended by people whom they simultaneously declare to be backward when they call themselves patriots. "Constitutional patriotism" is supposed to replace the common destiny of a nation. Is this constitution still worth fighting for if it allows an as yet unelected government with a defeated parliament to enforce what the actually elected parliament could deny it?

"Soldiers are murderers," wrote the writer Kurt Tucholsky in the 1930s. This sentence, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled in 1995, was not an insult. "Murderers," therefore, should defend our "values," or a Basic Law that can be switched off at will because the newly elected and ready Bundestag might oppose it. There's something ironic about the fact that any meat-eater can now be labeled a "murderer": the animal rights organization PETA is filing criminal charges against slaughterhouses.

Presumably, in the future, only vegan or, at worst, vegetarian food will be served in Bundeswehr barracks. Or is there an exception for uniformed murderers? This is just the icing on the cake for a society that has lost itself in ridiculousness and is now demanding a willingness to make sacrifices. For whom? By whom?

Terms like "German nation" and "German people" are being observed as anti-constitutional references. A country has been emptied of its meaning. It's probably a rather unique approach. Dietrich Murswiek has shown in an exemplary series of essays how the language used leads to surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. I recommend the four articles. The conclusion is clear: Move on, there's nothing to see here, Germany no longer exists.

The dissolution of a country by opening its borders, its social welfare offices, and its streets to anyone who sees fit—and who can leave at any time if it seems more convenient elsewhere. The nation as a community of shared destiny no longer exists. And with it, the idea that individuals could champion an idea or the common cause of the nation is gone. The utopian Green slogan "Imagine there's a war and no one goes" could quickly become reality.

The "politically correct" purification of history and literature, the disparagement of everything that defines German history, achievement, culture, and even suffering, leaves a strange emptiness. They have erased Germany's borders, largely replaced its population, raised its men to be wimps, and those thus insulted are now supposed to bravely sacrifice themselves. A settlement area administered from Brussels has emerged, consisting of native peoples who are tax- and tribute-paying and have no rights of their own, a huge, meaningless hole in the middle of Europe.

Money won't fill this hole.
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I could imagine to risk my life for certain values, a country, an idea. At the end of my school years I deeply thought about and seriously considered to try becoming a pro soldier. However, that I iobvviously decided against that is soemthing I never regretted, in thenoiught of the idiotic policies run by Germany oin later years and decades.Fighting for this Germany as it is in the present and what this Germany of today wants to be, wants to become, violates everything I value as noble, true, and precious. At no cost I would ever be willing to fight for this Germany of today and what it wants to be . Thats not my Germany. I dont care for it anymore, it just makes me angry. What I coul,d ikagiuen today to fight for, myself, dir ectly? Family in danger. Friends. Thats not so much called war for an idea, an ideal, a state. Thats called immediate fight for survival. But this state itself, this government itself - can go to hell. I'm done with it.

We live in a corrupt caristocracy.

[FOCUS] According to information obtained by the German Press Agency from government circles in Berlin, the German government wants to nominate Green politician Baerbock as the German candidate for the presidency of the UN General Assembly in the 2025/26 session. A corresponding cabinet decision by circular resolution has therefore been initiated.
Baerbock is to be elected by the UN General Assembly at the beginning of June and take up her one-year office in September. Her election is considered a formality following internal agreements at the United Nations. Upon taking office, Baerbock will resign from her seat in the Bundestag, it was also reported. The office of President of the United Nations General Assembly is not to be confused with that of UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
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The UN must no care. Its reputation is such a total loss that no one can damage it further, not even Germany's diplomacy starlet Annalena.

^ I'm surprised Trump hasn't pulled the funding for it yet.

[Achse des Guten] Merz's debts will drive up CO2 certificate prices

By Holger Schindler.

Friedrich Merz's "special fund" is intended to pull the German economy out of the crisis. But infrastructure expansion is emissions-intensive and will make many production processes uneconomical due to rising emission certificate prices.

On Friday, Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the CDU/CSU, SPD, and Green Party factions on unprecedented future debt for the Federal Republic. What are the consequences for people and assets in Germany?

If the stock market is to be believed, uplifting times lie ahead for Germans thanks to Merz's "special fund." The DAX closed Friday up 1.86 percent, while the MDAX even rose 2.44 percent. Appropriately, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has published a study with the attractive title "Special Fund for Infrastructure: A 500 Billion Euro Investment Package Would Pull the German Economy Out of the Crisis," which claims that the planned debt orgy would increase economic growth in Germany by one percentage point next year (2026) and even by two percentage points in the following years.

Anyone familiar with Fratzscher's previous, notoriously accurate forecasts will certainly feel a slight rumble in their stomach. It begs the question: why does an institute need money from the state if it can predict economic developments so precisely? Shouldn't it be used to make decent money instead of burdening taxpayers?

Now, it's not surprising that companies in the defense sector (Rheinmetall, Hensoldt, Renk) and infrastructure (Vossloh) are seeing share prices jump. After all, their stores are located right under the windows from which, if official statements are to be believed, money will soon be thrown out. The hope that some of it will stick with shareholders is understandable.

But the situation looks quite different for the broader market and the average saver. We are in the age of decarbonization. The EU Commission has set its sights on reducing CO2 emissions and can enforce this with the Emissions Trading System.

Rising emissions lead to rising prices for emission certificates, which in turn make some production processes uneconomical. The affected companies may not then go bankrupt, but they will definitely cease production. Growth in the EU is therefore only possible to the extent that the economy's energy efficiency increases. There are two options for this: either technological progress or the replacement of energy-intensive production, such as steel, with energy-efficient production, such as in services.

If, at the behest of the grand coalition, the next four-year plan envisages a significant increase in the production of infrastructure and military goods, a great deal of additional concrete, steel, and chemicals will be required. And that, in turn, will cause a great deal of additional CO2 emissions, which will significantly increase the price of emission certificates.

The exact effects are difficult to quantify; after all, hardly anyone knows exactly what technical innovations will be introduced in TNT production next year. There are also other factors, such as the amount of imported nuclear power or recessions in other EU countries, that influence the outcome. In the best-case scenario, 2024 will continue seamlessly. Inflation will persist and will most likely rise noticeably, while market-based industrial production will shrink, largely offset by higher government spending.

In the worst-case scenario, we may soon witness an economic bloodbath in which horrendous CO2 prices will drive previously healthy companies into ruin and inflation will reach unprecedented levels. In any case, the DIW’s forecasts come from a parallel universe without a New Green Deal.
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Baerbock to Rubio:
"Are you still enjoying your job?"
"Umm."
(Rubio is next on Trump's hit list.)
"Die Frau hat Eier." Mehr als Nordamerika jedenfalls.
Love it.

Und wir wissen, wie teuer Eier in den USA sind. :D

Ein fähigkeitsbefreites geltungssüchtiges Quotenweibchen, das selber nicht definieren kann, was es so alles geräuschvoll absondert. Passt prima zur UN. Man braucht ja keine Kompetenzen mehr, sondern nur noch "Haltung".