One underlying reason why the average German is relatively debt-averse is the strong connotation of the two meanings of the German word "Schuld", i.e. "debt" and "guilt". (View Post)

https://twitter.com/MedFet_UK/status/1243590308878848002?s=20 Do we know whether @TSE 's girlfriend has donated her outfit, as she should have? (View Post)

Opinions vary on that. In my estimate he has a good chance to recover more votes from the right fringe than he would lose in the centre, nationwide. (View Post)

Not categorically impossible, but unlikely. The CV crisis does have reshuffeled the cards, though. Merz has been taken out literally by the virus, Laschet figuratively so. Spahn has been able to rais… (View Post)

Strauss in '80 was the most controversial figure you could imagine, giving him the candidature was a cunning ruse by Kohl, he never stood a realistic chance against Schmidt. Stoiber was in with a sho… (View Post)