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R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about the topic here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/benzingipfel-ohne-gewinn-mineralolbranche-droht-mit-sorgesengpassen-16-03-2026

A spectacle! The federal government loudly announces the tightening of antitrust law and the affected industry promptly forms resistance. This time it is the oil companies and gas station operators who are raising the alarm bells with a “gasoline peak”.

Ideocracy! Members of the EU Parliament cannot find Iran on a map. Wrong answers only.

AfD as a new workers' party! Are they even allowed to do that in the ÖRR? Two of the three guests at #Maischberger see the AfD as a new workers' party after the SPD's disastrous election results in the state (and before). Because the SPD tends to make policies for the unemployed.

The SPD is going under! At #Maischberger, Christoph Schwennicke describes the current situation and the SPD's unrealistic actions as a kind of "diving sickness".

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about the topic here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/hessische-kommunalwahl-afd-verdoppelt-sich-grune-und-spd-im-freien-fall-16-03-2026

Yesterday's local elections in Hesse triggered a political earthquake. While the CDU was able to maintain its position as the strongest force with 29.7%, the real blow was different: the AfD more than doubled its result from 6.8% to a whopping 15.9%.

🚨Will it escalate soon? 26 Chinese fighter jets & 7 warships around #Taiwan! China is escalating – it is one of the largest demonstrations of power in years. Since the USA is completely tied up in the Middle East through Iran: Will China take advantage of this? What is your assessment?

Very dangerous statements... Our former Federal President Joachim Gauck says in #Miosga IN ALL SERIOUSNESS that it is okay if democracies attack dictatorships in order to carry out regime change. He cites China as an example of dictatorships - should we now attack China?

Look astray... Former Federal President Joachim Gauck says at #Miosga that the attack by the USA & Israel on Iran does not violate international law. Because you want to eliminate a “bad evil”.

What is that, please? No content, just neglect of wealth & Büllerbü behavior. Let's see how the state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate turn out. What do you think about that?

Markus Söder wants “nuclear energy 2.0” for Bavaria. Funny what a flag in the wind he is. In 2021, the first nuclear reactor in Bavaria was taken offline and he was in favor of it out of conviction.

Federal Justice Minister Hubig is calling for a quick social media ban for young people. Reason: child protection. They want to protect children “from real dangers”. Seriously? - 250,000 children/young people are homeless or live in emergency accommodation - 2.2 million are at risk of poverty - In 2024 there were ~73,000 cases of child endangerment.

He always comes around the corner with nonsense! DIW boss Marcel Fratzscher wants property tax to always be adjusted upwards. Aimed at “closing funding gaps” caused by the incompetent state. The main thing is tax increases. How about the government handling money better?

The rumor mill is bubbling... Many noticed that the recent Israeli Security Cabinet meeting took place without the Prime Minister of Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu actually holds the chairmanship. Now many are asking the question: Is he still alive?

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about the topic here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/warschaus-machtwort-polens-prasident-verweigert-sich-dem-eu-rustungprogramm-12-03-2026

While Brussels wants to bring European defense into shape with loan programs worth billions, Poland, of all places, is standing in the way: President Karol Nawrocki is blocking the EU's "Safe" arms program and is instead relying on national solutions.

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about it here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/wortbruch-mit-ansage-cdu-segnet-steuererhohung-auf-bis-zu-49-prozent-ab-13-03-2026

Very nice! The CDU considers the top tax rate of up to 49% to be a proposal that is “going in the right direction”. The very party that promised loudly during the election campaign to reduce the tax burden is now opening the floodgates for one of the most massive tax increases in recent German history.

A bankruptcy every 20 minutes. This year is expected to be worse than 2025.

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about it here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/drohnenkrieg-vor- Amerikas-kuste-fbi-warnte-vor-iranischem-attack-auf-kalili-12-03-2026

The FBI warned California police authorities in a confidential letter about Iranian attacks on the US West Coast. Tehran would have sought to carry out a drone attack from a ship off the US coast if the US attacked Iran militarily.

R to @Dominik_Kettner: Here is the description of the office: https://www.bundespraesident.de/DE/amt-und-stellen/rolle-im-staat/rolle-im-staat_node.html

So, Mr. Steinmeier. "The party-political neutrality and distance from everyday party politics maintained by the Federal President give him the opportunity to be a clarifying force, to break down prejudices, to articulate citizens' interests, to influence public discussion, to criticize, to make suggestions and ideas."

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about the topic here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/vermogenssteuer-debatte-lego-chef-schlagt-alarm-und-deutschland-sollte-genau-hinhoren-12-03-2026

What is currently simmering in Denmark could soon become a long-running political issue here too. Lego boss Niels Christiansen has spoken out strongly against the plans for a wealth tax in his home country. A wealth tax does more harm than good.

He wants to play us for fools. Phillip Amthor speaks out against the reduction in energy taxes at #Maischberger & speaks of “windfall effects” from the oil companies. The fact that the state also has automatic deadweight effects on fuel prices through taxes remains unmentioned.

Oh right! Kevin Kühnert sits at #Maischberger and legitimizes his four-day week with “other projects”. And: The fact that a politician has accumulated overtime certainly does not automatically mean that good politics have been made. Here it is the opposite.

US President Donald Trump says the US has won the war in Iran. And you should never say “too early” that you have won. Only here he does it😄

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about it here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/diplomatiker-eklat-ungarn-beschlagnahmet-millionen-und-gold-aus-ukrainisches-geldtransporter-10-03-2026

Very thick air between Budapest and Kiev! Hungarian authorities have arrested seven employees of the Ukrainian state-owned Oschadbank, stopped two cash-in-transit vehicles and confiscated cash worth around €69 million as well as nine gold bars weighing one kilogram each.

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about this madness here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/grune-zwangsgabe-wer-nicht-bus-fahrt-soll-trotzdem-zahlen-09-03-2026

The Greens never run out of ideas on how they can dig even deeper into the citizens' pockets. The following initiative is now coming from Schleswig-Holstein: A compulsory tax for local public transport - for every resident, whether they use the bus or train or not.

I never thought I'd say that... At #hartaberfair, Green Party leader Felix Banaszak admits that the traffic light did not stabilize Germany, but rather “destabilized it in many places”. We would still feel the consequences today. Keep the change.

R to @Dominik_Kettner: You can read more about it here: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/goldpreis-unter-druck-wie-der-nahost-krieg-paradoxweise-dem-edelmetall-schadet-09-03-2026

It sounds like a contradiction: war, chaos & geopolitical upheavals - and gold, of all things, the safe haven, is stumbling. This is exactly what we see in the financial markets. The Iran war, which has catapulted the price of oil, is having a short-term impact on the precious metal.

R an @Dominik_Kettner: Hier damit Ihr mehr zum Thema: https://www.kettner-edelmetalle.de/news/historisches-debakel-spd-kampft-in-baden-wurttemberg-ums-nackte-uberleben-08-03-2026

What was once the proud party of the working class is now a political shambles. The SPD achieved an embarrassing result in the state elections in Baden-Württemberg. 5.4% – a smooth halving compared to the already meager 11 percent from 2021.

Green Party leader Franziska Brandtner is shown by #Miosga & Robin Alexander that Cem Özdemir differs significantly from the federal association in terms of content. For example, when it comes to the issue of combustion engines and migration. Brandtner swims & doesn't answer.

With 5.5%, the "Workers' Party" SPD will probably just make it into the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg.