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German federal budget deficit soars
Germany

German federal budget deficit soars

Brakes on energy prices have been driving government expenditure, official data shows © Getty Images / dorioconnell The German government budget deficit surged to €42.1 billion ($45.4 billion) in the first half of 2023 amid Berlin’s efforts to rein in inflation and energy prices, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on Friday. According to preliminary data, the figure was €37.6 billion higher than in the first half of 2022, a nearly tenfold increase. When measured against the gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices, the deficit ratio was 2.1%. According to Destatis, government revenue amounted to €917.2 billion in the reporting period, while expenditure was €959.3 billion. The latter spiked sharply since last year, by 7.7%, largely due to the...
Most Germans do not trust the state
Germany

Most Germans do not trust the state

The majority of respondents believe the nation’s officials are unable to fulfill their duties, a new survey shows FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / dpa / Soeren Stache Trust in the state has fallen to record lows in Germany and most of the population thinks their officials are simply incapable of doing their job, a new survey commissioned by the nation’s biggest public sector employee union shows. The number of people who believe that the state is ‘overwhelmed’ with the tasks it is facing has reached 69%, the poll (conducted by the Forsa Institute for Social Research and Statistical Analysis) indicates. The number of people who still trust the abilities of their public officials has fallen by two percentage points, in comparison to the previous year, and amoun...
Most Germans dissatisfied with government
Germany

Most Germans dissatisfied with government

A recent survey indicated that most supporters of the three parties of the ruling coalition are unhappy ©  Getty Images / Nikada The majority of Germans are unimpressed by the performance of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, a recent poll has shown. Dissatisfaction with the ruling traffic light coalition is apparently prevalent even among the voters who support the three constituent parties. According to the survey conducted by Institut Forsa and published on Tuesday, 77% of respondents said they were somewhat or completely dissatisfied with the government. The study found that 52% of SPD party voters, the political force that Chancellor Scholz belongs to, are dissatisfied. Among Green Party and Free Democratic Party supporters, which make up the rest of the r...
Revisiting the September 5, 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre — Let Us Never Forget!
Germany, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Revisiting the September 5, 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre — Let Us Never Forget!

 By: Dr. Rich Swier The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” — Thomas Jefferson I originally published the article below in 2017 in memory of those 11 Israeli athletes slaughtered by the Islamic terrorist group Black September. I am republishing it because Germany has just set up a panel to review the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes. It is only fitting that I do this since I was stationed in Germany when this first attack against Jews by radical Muslims happened. We must understand that this one act, this one attack, was the beginning of a series of acts and attacks have been and are happening up to today April 21st, 2023 as I write this. Those Islamist terrorists in Munich were trained and sent on their mission to kill innocent...
Germany is under pressure. Something’s got to give
Germany

Germany is under pressure. Something’s got to give

As the economic crisis deepens and political panic spreads, the future of a unified European imperialist block is looking ever more shaky. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our  channel The economic crisis in Europe, exacerbated and accelerated by self-defeating sanctions against the cheap Russian energy which has fuelled the continent’s industry for decades, threatens to destroy the much-vaunted ‘unity’ of the EU, as each member struggles for its own survival. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1369387279&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true The combination of overproduction crisis and soaring fuel prices is putting the German economy under such intolerable pressure t...
Germany squandering billions on Nazi’s Arrow-3 missile defence system
Germany, ZIO-NAZI

Germany squandering billions on Nazi’s Arrow-3 missile defence system

Germany squandering billions on Israel’s Arrow-3 missile defence system Germany squandering almost 4 billion euros ($4.30 billion) on Israel’s Arrow-3 missile defense system is a prime example of financial mismanagement. Astonishingly, the government plans to request advance payments of up to 560 million euros from lawmakers, revealing a complete disregard for responsible spending. The Arrow-3 system, supposedly designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside the earth’s atmosphere, is nothing more than an overpriced addition to Israel’s already extensive missile defense arsenal. Despite its lofty claims, the Arrow-3 merely serves as the extravagant crown jewel of Israel’s defense array, spanning from the unnecessary short-range rocket interception capabilities of Iron Dome to ...
Germany jails man for supporting Russia
Germany, Russia

Germany jails man for supporting Russia

A German national has been sentenced to three years in prison for expressing online support for the Russian side in the Ukraine conflict. FILE PHOTO. ©  Getty Images / Picture Alliance / Jonas Walzberg A Hamburg court has sentenced a local man to three years behind bars, finding him guilty of justifying “Russian aggression” against Ukraine and possessing an illegal weapon. The 32-year-old defendant, identified only as Marcel J., ran a pro-Russian Telegram channel, with its logo and name based on the unregistered ultranationalist Russian Drugaya Rossiya (Other Russia) party, Die Welt reported, citing the indictment. Apart from sharing “pro-Russian national-Bolshevik ideas,” the defendant openly branded Ukraine a “terrorist state” ...
Kazakhstan to send oil to Germany via Russia
Germany, Russia

Kazakhstan to send oil to Germany via Russia

The first delivery is scheduled for this week, according to Bolat Akchulakov © Sputnik / Aleksey Babushkin Kazakh oil will start transiting through Russian territory to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline in the coming days as Berlin seeks to replace Moscow’s crude supplies, Kazakh Energy Minister Bolat Akchulakov told reporters on Wednesday. The country’s state-run Kaztransoil applied to Transneft, the Russian state-owned pipeline transport company and operator of Russia’s section of the Druzhba pipeline, to send the first 20,000 tons of crude to Germany using Russian infrastructure. “I really hope that it will start flowing today,” the minister said, indicating that oil shipments could begin on Wednesday given that “yesterday all procedures were complete...
Data reveals Germany has entered recession
Germany

Data reveals Germany has entered recession

Earlier estimates had predicted stagnation in the first quarter of this year 15 May 2023, Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck: Volunteers unpack and sort food at a distribution point to then distribute it to those in need. ©  Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) has fallen for two consecutive quarters, figures released on Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) have shown, meaning that the country has entered recession. First-quarter output dropped 0.3% from the previous three months, after a 0.5% decrease between October and December, Destatis said, noting that its initial estimate, released last month, was for stagnation, or 0% growth. High inflation has persisted in what is Europe’s biggest econ...
Germany’s Growing List Of Bans: Next Up: Wood Stoves And Heating With Wood!
Germany

Germany’s Growing List Of Bans: Next Up: Wood Stoves And Heating With Wood!

By P Gosselin  Oil and gas are already planned… Since the Socialists and Greens took over power in Germany a year and half ago, the government has announced one ban after the other. Wood heat may be the next heat source to be banned from homes in Germany as verbot-orgy expands. Image: P. Gosselin It’s becoming clear that the climate movement is all about stripping citizens of choices, comfort and ability to move around.  One of the boldest initiatives, introduced under the guise of independence from Russian energy, particularly natural gas, was the controversial plan to phase out oil and gas heating systems beginning already next year. In their place, Germans would be ordered to invest in heat pumps – a costly and for many an unfeasible measure. https://googlead...