German bureaucracy / Deutsche Bürokratie
Following the last entry, I must state that there is a lot of bureaucracy in Germany, and in a few other places too. Spiegel Online, in another article in its inimitable English, helps us to get to the bottom of this:
The average age of students in their very first semester is already a relatively ancient 23, partly due the fact that many students take a few years just to complete the first semester partly due to constant course and university changes and partly due to mandatory military or civil service.
You see that - all Germans have to be in the civil service.
(Thanks to Ekkehard for spotting it)
Themen: Germany , Translation , German Bureaucracy
Erschienen 30. März 2006 auf http://transblawg.eu.
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