Germany megathread

[Middle-aged Europe]

The only Ukrainians I tend to come in contact with personally are members of my creative writing circle which seems to have some odd overrepresentation of post-Soviets for some reason. Maybe the East Slavs are simply very good at writing. Tolstoy and such. Recently we had in fact a Ukrainian girl who write about her war experiences back home.

East Germans tend to hold some resentment against them apparently, especially when you happen to be a AfD supporter. Some weird logic at work here categorizing them as traitors against the "big brother" Russia, I suppose.

[gerritcole]

Are they treated better than Syrians and Turks because they’re white?

[President Johnson]

Today, a German court sentenced a 95-year old Holocaust denier to prison.

https://twitter.com/Klaus_Arminius/status/1799714028144451589

[President Johnson]

Björn Bernd Höcke today again was fined for using Nazi vocabular:

https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1807775875519189035

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

On mobile so this will be short:


2025 draft budget submitted. Looks like the FDP mostly caved again.

No cuts to social spending. Child benefits to be increased. The basic child security will finally be introduced as well. Rent brake will be extended through 2029, ban on conversions (not sure what this means, exactly) remains. Housing benefits will not be cut. More funding for social housing construction. More investment in renewable energy. Pension level guaranteed at 48% of average lifetime earnings. No cuts to humanitarian aid. More money for infrastructure, daycare centers, schools, and job creation.

Debt brake remains. Otherwise the SPD and Greens prevailed for the most part.

Now the budget goes to the Bundestag

[Middle-aged Europe]

On mobile so this will be short:


2025 draft budget submitted. Looks like the FDP mostly caved again.

No cuts to social spending. Child benefits to be increased. The basic child security will finally be introduced as well. Rent brake will be extended through 2029, ban on conversions (not sure what this means, exactly) remains. Housing benefits will not be cut. More funding for social housing construction. More investment in renewable energy. Pension level guaranteed at 48% of average lifetime earnings. No cuts to humanitarian aid. More money for infrastructure, daycare centers, schools, and job creation.

Debt brake remains. Otherwise the SPD and Greens prevailed for the most part.

Now the budget goes to the Bundestag

This is a "2024 Bundestag early election prevented" magnitude kind of news.