The 'worst' German cities for foreigners and what is the debt brake?

Join The Local with our podcast listener offerIn this episode of the Germany in Focus podcast, host Rachel Loxton is joined by panelists Imogen Goodman and James Jackson Our sound engineer is Rhys Edwards.We talk about why Germany’s love affair with the fax machine may be coming to an end. How Germany is ending its 40 year love affair with the fax machine Germany's Interior Ministry has been holding a conference on Islam this week - we look at why it's been controversialWhat is Germany's Islam conference and why is it controversial?After the dual citizenship law was put on pause, we give you the latest update and how it’s changing. How Germany wants to toughen up dual citizenship law around anti-SemitismThe German government has been worried about billions of missing euros from the budget after a court ruling involving the debt brake - we explain what the debt brake is and how possible changes could affect you. Since we recorded, the German government has indicated it will take on more debt this year. Germany to seek debt rule suspension for 2023Germany delays 2024 budget decision after court blowA new survey ranks Hamburg and Berlin as two of the worst cities for foreigners. Are they that bad?Why are Hamburg and Berlin ranked as two of the worst cities for foreigners?Finally, we discuss some food culture shocks that The Local Germany readers have had and we share ours.Germany's biggest food culture shocks for foreigners  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.