We vote for members of parliament who then elect the chancellor by majority vote.

So yes, the chancellor is not directly elected. This method ensures the chancellor always has a majority in parliament this avoiding periods of deadlock. Also keep in mind that the chancellor is not nearly as powerful as the president in most presidential systems.

SPD really needs a breather. Let’s have a Green/Left coalition for some Years and then maybe they can come back

Aren’t they both the same thing? A VPN is just applied encryption.

You’re right though, banning encryption is a pipe dream. Encrypted data is not distinguishable from random noise. So you’re not allowing me to send around random numbers now?

How fitting that https://ubuntu.de/ is a literal circus

One queen size coffee please

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