Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]

Several parts of Moscow, basically all of Chechnya, the list goes on.

list25.com/the-25-most-dangerous-cities-on-earth

Russia under Putin is in no way an example to follow for the West, and is lagging behind in any possible indicator. And even the biggest army of internet trolls will not change this perception.

I mean seriously. Russia has ten times more murders per Citizen than Germany and you fantasize here about crime statistics.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


Yes they do. Anyone who ever travelled to Russia and stayed their for a time can tell you this. This is really just a stupid argument. Are perceptions really that warped that some people believe that Russia is in any way safer than Germany? Really, the country that is run by oligarchs and KGB agents?

Amazing how much propaganda can warp facts and perceptions.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


Russia and China have plenty of no go-zones, particulary for foreigners. Parriculary for foreign football fans. And the Russian rareny does anything against it. Not to mention their high murder rate.

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You cite two countries as examples that a) have dozens of ethnies and b) had/have racial uprisings in parts of their country (Chechnya, Uighurs) et al.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


No, you'd find those sentences in any dictionary.


Nobody cares that gay boys shower with men, and lesbians with women, so what is the problem here?

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


A federal Europe would certainly not have unelected leaders. Even in its' current form, the EU de facto government (the EU commission) is confirmed by the EU parliament which in return is directedly elected by the European people.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


Stop lying. This is not true at all.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


Please stop talking about things you have no clue about. It is fine if you don't know anything about how the GDR was run, but making painfully obvious wrong comparisons is just embarassing for other readers who do know what they are talking about.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]

Russia has nothing but an obersized army and nukes. No innovation, no competetive economy, and its best and brightest are leaving for the West in droves. Russia has no future in its' current. The whole system will come crashing down after Putin retires at the very last.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]

As Merkel brilliantly pointed out back then. Russia has nothing, no successful politics or economy. All they have is this. Putin is losing the long game and he knows it, but he also knows that he won't be alive once Russia has to pay the price for his policies.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


There are few Germans who still believe. Most of us -explified by Merkel- have a healthy patriotism nowadays. There are simply times when waving flags is inappropiate e.g. when Merkel did not accept the flag during the election party. Coincidently I noticed that the louder politicians pledge their allegiance to the flag and Christian, the less likely they are to live up to this. Trump and the Republicans are the best example.


Germany is doing far better in this regard that the more openly religious Poland though.

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What Merkel did with the flag was entirely appropiately given the situation which I have explained several times now. I know Americans can be ignorant about the cultural differences between their country and others, but pls try and keep up. I know repeating lies even after they have been proven wrong is one of Trumps M.O. but I like to think that we have higher standards on this forum.

As for the police incident, do you realize how silly it is to use this as exemplary for the situation in Germany? Or should we use pictures of police violence against blacks as prove for systematicdiscrimination against black people in the USA?

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


I wonder if it even makes sense replying to your nonsense anymore. You still repeat your arguments even after someone points to out time and time again how utterly wrong they are. Though I guess that explains why you like Trump so much.


Let us just hope for Poland that in 50 years, the emigration imbalance will not be as high as it is now ;)

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


The decline of the SPD can hardly be blamed solely on Merkel. Schröder's Agenda 2010, Lafontaine's personal vendetta and the incompetence of various SPD leaders are the main reason for the decline of the once great party. It is not the responsibility of any politician to ensure that their political opponent stays relevant or powerful.


The AfD has so far done very little to fill this "vacuum". They only stand for a resistance against the refugee policy, but when Weidel was recently asked in an interview regarding other topics, she merely stated that "the party still needs to decide on those issues." I doubt that they will reclaim much ground from the CDU here. Many "conservative" values are simply toxic for elections, because they are utterly out of touch with Germans.


Thanks to the CSU. The truth is that the refugee crisis was calming down, and with it the AfD was stagnating, until Seehofer made it relevant again. It is insanity, really. We have so many more pressing issues, yet they decide to bring up this again. The emergence of a far-right wing party in Germany was always only a matter of time. All it needed was an excuse, and the refugee crisis delivered one. If not for that, something else would have come up. Germany is not immune to trends that have also happened in other countries.


We shall see. Though future historians will no doubt be baffled about how much the refugee crisis dominated European and German headlines compared to ttue scale of the problem. Nevertheless I am grateful that at very least, Merkel-Germany will serve as a shining contrast to the rest of Europe. Particulary the CDU owes a huge debt to Merkel. The CDU failed the last time when it came to making a tough, but in hindsight obbviously right decision when it opposed Brandt's Ostpolitik. At least now as a CDU member I won't have to look back in shame on history in 30 years from now.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


Sure, if the people kept voting for them in free and fair elections and if those had not changed the political system to gain power, then yes, there would be little to argue against their desire to stay in power. Especially in a decentralized political system where the influence of the federal government is limited to begin with.

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]


This is just one of the many-repeated myths about Merkel. She certainly failed - like every chancellor before her- to build up a suitable successor, but she is not exclusively to blame for this. It is for example not her fault that Guttenberg copied his dissertation from someone else, or that von der Leyen failed to live up to expectations. Most of her successors/rivals offed themselves.


I hope this does not go through. We don't need term limits in a Parliamentary system which makes it possible for a chancellor to be removed by elections and through the parliament. The need for coalitions is a further check and balance system, because losing support of the coalition partner can also end a chancellor.

Merkel's third term is the best proof against this theory. The way she handled the Ukraine and Debt crisis was a masterstoke in diplomacy. I would not have wanted to have anyone else negotiating with Putin.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

For which many Germans are still grateful. It is just to bad that first Bush Jr. and now Trump have almost completely destroyed this positive image.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

@johnny reb


Quite a lot actually. The USA is the only the country who has invoked support by the Nato. That US politicians still have the nerve to complain after so many Europeans died or have been wounded for them in Afghanistan is very telling.

News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

The USA spending only a fraction of their defence budget on the defence of Europe compared to what they spend on their troops in the ME and Asia. Their largest number of troops are in South Korea and Japan. And las time I checked, none of their aircraft carriers are in the Baltic Sea.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]

Personally I am really glad that the EU puts pressure on the governments to fight smog. I live in Southern Germany where the regional government is deeply influenced by the car industry, which means that cities like Stuttgart have a serious smog problem. This is not something trivial, this is literally killing people and any influence that changes that is welcome. I assume many Polish people are also interested in the reduction of smog.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

@mafketis

The man and others were arresred today. Problem solved. Those are all relarively small problems. In 50 years nobody will remember them. But people will remember that Germans were the moral beacon in Europe during this time. Our finest hour.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Our Polish migrants bring their fair share of problems, but like the refugees we do not judge the majority by the actions of a minority. ;)

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

So much hate and ignorance in Dirks post. Just like what any German in 1930s would have written. Don't worry Dirk, this nationalist fever is not permanent, it will go away with time.

Though I am very optimistic regarding Hungary and Poland. No doubt that the people will soon realize how much their government has screwed them over in the long run. Meanwhile we'll take in Germany their best and brightest young people who leave their country behind because their government does not act in their interests.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Just goes to show how perverted and distorted the political discourse has become in Easgern Europe has become that they refuse to take in a few thousand refugeea.

Then again, as Dirk continues to illustrate, , even people in mature democracies are vulnerable to have their world view twisted.

The only thing Germany can do is be patient, one day the people and Poland, Hungary and Trump America will see the folly of their ways.

On the bright side it is nice to be on the right side of history for a change.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Out of curiosity Crow: Are you making this stuff up or are you quoting the opinions of Serbian historians here, and if so could you please state their names?

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Germany was never fully conquered by the Romans and thus Romanized. Indeed unlike Serbia (which was conquered by the Romand) Germany was never occupied by foreign Empires for long.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

The true Germans:

youtu.be/HMQkV5cTuoY

News / EU budget revamp set to shift funds to southern states. What can Poland do about this? [12]


I simpy googled Germany's largest trading partners.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_Germany

Anyway this is not about Germany versus Poland. All the Northerb and Southern EU countries agree on (just goes to show how many toes PiS stepped on to make those two sides agree on something. No doubt Italy, Spain and Greece (who have more influence in the EU than the Visegrad 4) played a big part in this.

News / EU budget revamp set to shift funds to southern states. What can Poland do about this? [12]

It was Ironside who made the threats. I merely stated the fact Poland has little economic leverage over Germany.

News / "It's too late for Germany" (but not for Poland) [1798]

Srebenica begs to differ.

Please stick to the topic everyone