A newly released poll found that 82 percent of Germans are unhappy with their governing coalition headed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to an ARD-DeutschlandTrend poll.
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GERMANY’S FACTORY OUTPUT SLOWS UNEXPECTEDLY IN OCTOBER
In October, for the fifth consecutive month, Germany’s factories reduced their output. Production fell 0.4 percent below September’s, which fell 1.3 percent from August.
FRENCH ECONOMY SHRANK IN THIRD QUARTER
Surprising analysts, France’s economy contracted by 0.1 percent in this year’s third quarter, the national statistics agency said after revising its estimate down from an initial 0.1-percent gain.
GERMANY ENTERING RECESSION, DATA SHOWS; BANKS AT RISK
After flatlining in this year’s second quarter, Germany’s economy contracted 0.1 percent in the third. New data shows GDP continuing to decline, leading the country’s central bank to predict another three months of shrinkage.
GERMAN SHIPPING COMPANY SEES PROFITS TORPEDOED
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd reported profits this year through September were almost 80 percent below those of last year over the same period, falling to €3.2 billion.
WAR IS THE ONLY ANSWER: GERMANY SAYS IT WILL DOUBLE MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE
German politicians agreed in principle to double the country’s military aid for Ukraine in 2024 as the war shows no sign of ending.
GERMANY’S PRODUCER PRICES FALL AT FASTEST PACE ON RECORD
The prices that German manufacturers charge for their goods plunged 14.7 percent in this year’s first nine months, the steepest nine-month plunge since records began being kept in 1949, the government reported.
GERMANY TRIES TO TAKE CONTROL OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, IMPLEMENTS NEW BORDER CHECKS
Germany announced last week that it will increase border controls to help deal with the influx of new asylum seekers entering the country from Poland and the Czech Republic, which has been a source of contention in EU countries.
GERMANY’S 2024 BUDGET TAKES AIM AT MIDDLE CLASS AS COUNTRY WAGES WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
Berlin has declared war on Russia and on the average German.
OPERATION BARBAROSSA 2.0: GERMANY’S RHEINMETALL TO BUILD TANK PLANT IN UKRAINE
Germany, which killed some 24 million Russians in World War II, and who, according to former President John F. Kennedy, destroyed Russia’s farms, factories, homes, and cities equivalent to destroying from Chicago to America’s east coast... is on the attack against Russians again.