By Maria Martinez

LUXEMBOURG, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Germany's economic model is not broken but Europe's biggest economy has lost competitiveness over the past decade, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Monday.


"We can't be satisfied with the economic developments in Germany," he told journalists ahead of a Eurogroup meeting.

The German economy is expected to contract by 0.2% in 2024, an economy ministry spokesperson said on Monday, cutting the forecast from a previous projection of 0.3% growth this year.

If realised, this would be the second consecutive year of contraction for Germany's economy, which was the weakest among its large euro zone peers last year with a 0.3% decline in gross domestic product.

Lindner said the government was introducing supply-side measures to try to return the economy to growth.

"After these reforms, Germany will have more competitiveness again," Lindner said, adding that the growth initiative was just a first step for an economic turnaround, "but we have to build on it."

AMBITION NEEDED

Lindner said "ambition" was needed to keep EU public finances in order, or to put them back in order where necessary.

"I can only encourage everyone to implement structural reforms and to make unpopular decisions," Lindner said. "What seems to be unpopular at the moment is the willingness to take responsibility for the next generation and for the stability of the European Union as a whole."

Lindner said he could not comment on the French budget plans because he had not had the chance to talk with his French colleagues yet, but he would do so on Monday evening.

"We should all realise that the credibility of public finances vis-à-vis the capital markets is not to be trifled with," Lindner said.

"We must credibly reduce our deficits and our debt so that we can continue to finance ourselves well and in a stable manner."

(Reporting by Maria Martinez, Editing by Miranda Murray and Christina Fincher)

A ménage à trois and intimacy outside the bedroom are ***ual fantasies that we've all heard before.


But what about having *** in a desert, or even a storage unit? These are just two of the unusual ***ual fantasies social media users have confessed to trying.

A hilarious Reddit thread, named 'what is a ***ual fantasy you do not recommend', features the bizarre ***capades of commenters — many of who bitterly regret their risqué acts.

The thread began with a question from user u/Fantastic-Ant-4429, who asked: 'What is a ***ual fantasy you do not recommend fulfilling?'

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Doing it in a storage unit was another unusual fantasy which ended badly. User u/isthisfark wrote: 'There's a closing time and if you miss it you'll get stuck behind the gates for the night. Then the people who live there start rustling.'




Not everyone pursues or even plans to act on their ***ual fantasies in real life. But a handful of those who have tried to make their browser history a reality have confessed they didn't quite go to plan — a thread on Reddit revealed





The thread began with a question from user u/Fantastic-Ant-4429 , who asked: 'What is a ***ual fantasy you do not recommend fulfilling?' (pictured, Dakota Johnson and James Doman in Fifty Shades Darker)





Nationally 55 per cent of Brits reported having *** at least one a week, this rising to 59 per cent of men and falling to 51 per cent of women

One commenter u/hot-snake-70 confessed they found out the hard way that it 'stings' if you put your *** 'in a glass of red wine'.

Threesomes were also suggested to be a bad idea with user u/Touristupdatenola adding: 'If I wanted to disappoint two people simultaneously, I'd have dinner with both my parents.'

Another user u/odysseus-23, warned against trying to have *** in a library due to the likelihood of getting 'caught on the cameras'.

And while joining the Mile High Club — engaging in *** acts while aboard an airplane — might sound exciting, some warn that it is anything but. 

'Mile high club. Trust me, these bathrooms are getting smaller and smaller. And people notice, they always notice,' u/bigindianenergy29 commented. 

Some people came to the conclusion that the bed is the best location. u/Mundane-Garbage1003 wrote: 'Most "having *** in an unusual place" fantasies in my experience quickly turn into a lesson on why people usually just use the bed.' 



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Adult site reveals 10 of the most bizarre *** fantasies Brits love - including 'giant' women


In September, adult video site Clips4Sale published the intriguing findings of its analysis of the changing preferences of 250,000 daily website visitors.

The analysis revealed a whole host of obscure fantasies held by its users, including BBL — a preference for women who've undergone buttock-enlargement procedures — and Giantess, which describes a female giant.

Brits are among the most prolific *** users in the world, with an average of 16,600,000 searches for adult content made each month. 

The adult film industry is estimated to be worth more than £15billion a year. 

While thousands of British men and women watch and enjoy ***graphy without issue, about one in 20 Brits have a *** addiction. 

In some of the most extreme cases, experts have treated patients who watch x-rated content for up to 14 hours a day, according to not-for-profit online therapy programme Pivotal Recovery. 

However, Many suffers understandably avoid seeking professional help out of shame and embarrassment for their affliction or fear of exposure.

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