‘Lacklustre’ German economy to stagnate again, warns

I'm loving this wave of bad news threads about Germany.

May I hazard a guess? Is it by any chance due to a certain poster continually posting negative stuff about Britain....?

Or is it pure coincidence?

Ha! That is one of the phrases I remember from the German text book we used at school.

"Was [is playing]?"
"Ein krimi."
"Das ist doch Blödsinn!"

This thread is heading towards lacklustre skills in German language. ;)

A stagnating economy is not too dramatic for most people besides from some economic institutes. Germans do have many other worries:

slowness of administration in Planfeststellungsverfahren

Not enough teachers

Not enough care workforce for the elderly

Accumulating information for the new calculation of Grundsteuer

Not enough money for villages and cities to be able to perform their duties

...

Most of these topics I do not avoid bc I am ashamed of them. I avoid them bc they need extensive knowledge of the context and there are only few articles in English available, many of poor quality. So I would have to put extensive work into these postings. The difference to the UK is: despite of all the German scandals there is nothing systematic to them that is democracy-threatening in general (yet?) .

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But for those who need some negative material on Germany, here you are:

Germany's climate policy insufficient, expert group says
www.dw.com/en/germanys-climate-policy-insufficient-expert-group-says/a-66595305

And for those who still think that Germany "rules the EU" - Germany might soon have to pay fees for not meeting the EU targets bc of insufficient climate policies.

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And there was a deadly stabbing!

>> www.dw.com/en/germany-us-soldiers-held-over-fatal-fairground-stabbing/a-66590826

Well at least they got their priorities "straight"

German government introduces bill to fast-track legal gender changes
Parents will be able to alter the legal gender of their children at any age if the legislation is passed, media outlets report
Berlin has introduced a new bill allowing people to legally change their gender more easily. The move permitting individuals to alter their gender once a year has been blasted by critics as a “story from a madhouse.”

The bill greenlighted by the federal cabinet on Wednesday has been welcomed by Family Minister Lisa Paus. The reform would protect “minorities that have been discriminated against for a long time,” she said. The initiative was also supported by Justice Minister Marco Buschmann, who said every person “has a right for a state respecting their gender identity.”

Under current regulations that were adopted back in the 1980s, a person wishing to change their legal gender has to undergo two psychological assessments and then present relevant reports to a district court, which makes the final decision. Those going through the procedure have complained that it is “lengthy, costly and humiliating,” German media reported.

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The proposed legislation would allow anyone to change their gender on official documents by simply submitting a self-declaration report to a registry office. The change would take effect within three months. There will be no upper limit on how many times a person can change their gender throughout their lifetime. However, such changes would be allowed only once every 12 months.

Minors aged 14 will be able to submit such requests on their own, as long as their parents do not oppose the move. For children under 14, parents would be allowed to submit the necessary papers to a registry office. A dispute between a child and their parents on the issue would be resolved in a family court.

According to the media, a registry office would also have to provide information about any gender-change request to the law enforcement authorities to prevent criminals from changing their identity to escape justice.


The legislation has sparked “fierce” debates among politicians and public figures, the media said. “The idea of being able to determine your gender every year can only be described as a story from the madhouse,” said former German transport and infrastructure minister, Alexander Dobrindt.

Christina Stumpp, the deputy secretary general of the country’s largest opposition party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union, warned that the government was neglecting its duty to protect minors, who are often plagued by doubts about their identity. Young people need support and guidance “on such serious issues,” she said, adding that the proposed legislation just ignores this fact.

However, Left Party MP Kathrin Vogler took issue with the bill demanding that law enforcement be informed about each gender-change request. “I doubt that these and other regulations are in line with fundamental rights,” she said.

That is the guy that should keep his mouth shut for the rest of his life, as he clearly was placeholder in that ministry for the car industry like Ramsauer was before and Scheuer was afterwards.

You studied German at school? I mean Yggdrasil I can understand because that was during WW2.