Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [221]

Thing is Islam and Christianity are today on totally different development-levels!

Islam is where Christianity was about 1000 years ago...including massmurder-conversions and Kreuzzüge and all.

If we don't want to suffer similiarily we have to keep them out....or revert back to these old brutal roots, to defend our culture!

What would you prefer?

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [253]

Hmm.....seems to be so...

Read that report:

rabobank.com/knowledge/q011460463-eu-mercosur-agreement-implications-for-food-and-agribusiness

...
For the EU, the food and agribusiness sectors that could benefit include olive oil, cheese, and energy drinks. In general, there will be more opportunities to leverage the regional, specialty character of food products and strong European brands.

For Mercosur, the proposed agreement contains new access to the EU market via quotas for beef, poultry, pork, and ethanol. It also contains phased reduction or elimination of tariffs for a range of fruits, orange juice, and soluble coffee, and partial or total tariff elimination within preexisting quotas (for example, for beef and sugar)....

Again, no mention of grains!

But as I said....people are protesting and nothing is already done and subscribed to:

....There are still a number of steps to be taken before the agreement is ratified. This process could take some time to complete and may encounter resistance from some EU member states that take issue with the agreement's increased access to the EU market for certain agricultural commodities, such as beef and poultry.

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [253]


Yeah......I read it again....it seems grains are not part of that treaty at all....it isn't shown in the charts....probably means there won't be any free tariffs on grains?

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [253]

PS: I read up on that EU - Mercosur deal....

ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/attachment/880027/Factsheet%20EU-Mercosur%20Trade%20Agreement%20-%20Agriculture.pdf

It seems the farmer got their word already in:


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History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [253]


I don't know about any "Draghi-Report", but there is the thing again....these things are discussed, negotiated and agreed upon for ALL of the EU....not "read: mainly German"!!!

What is your actual problem with that???

Is your point that Germany produces still to much goods, or what exactly?

If such a treaty is so bad for polish agriculture then there should be lotsa Poles in Brussels fighting against such a treaty, and at least getting their demands in....meaning that there will be a solution found working also for polish agriculture. Otherwise such a treaty won't come even into existence!

THAT is actually one of the big points of the EU....without Brussels Germany could do such treaties left and right WITHOUT having to spend one thought about what that would mean for our neighbours! THAT would be german-centric!!!

In such a Union that is impossible...Poland will always have a voice and participation and can even stop such things. Without it....no chance!

What do you think is better for Poland?

I guess should an AfD gov come to work in Berlin and in Brussels some of you will think back nostalgically to the "good old days" right now...

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]


....they, The Greens, overdid it! The actual polls show a "climate fatigue", Germans are still interested generally but no longer listen to the climate-doom-prophets so much, they stopped caring in a big way!

You don't win elections with this topic anymore....

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [253]

Novi's list would be a good start, I guess....

(Okay....#7 will have to be discussed in the Bundestag!:)

Imagine a Germany which probably will be happily bow to Putin and/or Trump, revive the old good standing and profit from it mightily....to the detriment others!
No longer regular payments into the EU-pockets to be shared by the fellow EU-members....there are so many possibilities...the mass immigration will be a big point. Till now our neighbours are okay with waving them through to Germany, that will probably stop quickly and you will have to keep them...EU-laws are not automatically adhered to, no matter what the members agreed upon!

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [253]


As short and concise as always! :)

And that's the core of my question...how will our neighbours handle a "Germany first" gov in Berlin? If they keep complaining about the current ones...which is everything but since 1945!

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [253]


I agree....blaming Germany for every wart and all was and is always good and practical rhetoric for every nationalist, conservative gov in Europe. Not totally without reason, Berlin was ruled rather leftist/green since the Merkel years...lotsa crap got made into law!

I wonder how they will react if Germany truly gets their own nationalist, conservative (real conservative that is, not the fake conservative which has no problem working together with the Left greatly) gov one day with the AfD....

Will they understand each other und work better together because of that or rather not? Back to butting heads like in the last century?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]


Maybe thats it?

AfD is not like Dubai Chocolate, nobody really know how they "taste"! And the "Brandmauer" will keep it that way, and the AfD can go on promising heaven and says secretly DANKE!

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [221]


...hmm....that might play a part....but I'm not sure that is all of it.....lotsa people still want to believe in something eternal...greater values than their own small, short lives....

The "modern" churches of our "modern" societies don't fulfill that need anymore...following rather the "modern Zeitgeist".

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [221]

.....the numbers are interesting....in Germany the "modernized" Church is losing members like the leftist parties lose voters generally.

There is a connection, I believe!

Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [221]

Not this one, I think....the leftist german media just cried yesterday, as the news came in!

And whenever usual conservatives get hailed by the left (mostly for being so "progressive" and "modern") one true conservative needs to get suspicious....

Remember CDU-Merkel? She is still hailed and missed by SPD/Greens/Linke....after all she "modernized" the CDU so greatly....*eye roll*

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

....oh yeah....beware the coming memes! :)

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

Maybe the Italian? I like the name: "Pizzaballa" :)

And he is not already THAT old......

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

What options! :

A Putin-Fan:

Congolese monk Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (65) is internationally considered a Putin sympathizer. Last year, the Attorney General of the Kinshasa Court of Cassation ordered the initiation of a judicial investigation against the cleric. He is accused of making inflammatory statements that are said to constitute "incitement of the population to revolt and attacks on human life." He is considered a leading candidate.

A Trump-Fan:

Cardinal Gerhard-Ludwig Müller (77).He is politically considered part of Donald Trump's camp. The former Munich professor rose from Bishop of Regensburg to head of the Papal Authority for the Doctrine of the Faith. Francis did not renew his position. Since then, he has been considered a critic of Francis. The friend of Gloria von Thurn und Taxis (65) has an outside chance.

A brave man:

The preferred candidate of many European cardinals is the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Italian Pierbattista Pizzaballa (59). As pope, he could greatly promote peace in the Holy Land. No other cardinal is equally accepted by Jews and Muslims.
After Pope Francis demanded the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas in the terrorist attack (October 7, 2023), Pizzaballa offered himself as a bargaining chip in exchange for the kidnapped Jewish children. He is the dignitary of the hearts of the faithful! The cardinal is highly valued by bishops and believers. Today is his birthday.

A favorite:

The perennial favorite is Cardinal Pietro Parolin (70). The Secretary of State is actually among the top favorites in every speculation. Parolin has served Francis since 2013. So far, he has played the role of a church official. Whether he could become a politician or even a charismatic figure remains unclear.

But there's an old saying in the Vatican: Whoever enters the conclave (election process) as a pope (meaning the top favorite) will emerge as a cardinal!

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Off-Topic / Is Islam a threat to western society? [221]


Thing is thats exactly that what christian churches actually do in Europe....they praise and support Islam like no other!

For them there are never enough islamist immigrants, and its "gods will" to be nice to all of them and just turn the other cheek....its what Jesus would do, right?

Speaking from german perspective of course....but what King Charles did let out just recently doesn't look better for GB either!

History / How much Poles trust to France? [130]

....I think Rheinmetall doesn't complain! ;)

News / Will Chinese soldiers be stationed in Poland and Europe in 10 years? [67]


....all stolen!

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


Islamophobe....and proud of it!!! :)

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]


With more money comes more power!

Poland's voice will get heard alot more...with it come possibilities. That the EU has to change, that reforms are necessary, is not a taboo anymore. With the elections the number of rightist/conservative countries grows, who can work together to make the EU fit their demands alot better!

It would be stupid to leave the EU just now.....and who knows, Britain will want to join that reformed EU again, heh:)

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]


I would love to believe you!

Before that invasion I would have stated rather the same, but something has changed....Putin has changed, nothing is impossible anymore.

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]


Thank you!

Any sane will agree....it's just that your latest posts did sound very differently, hence my questioning!

It's hard to imagine but quite possible that Putin will go crazy and try his luck even further West and no I will not be grateful having to leave my 'hood.....

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

So.....actually the Red Army did them a favour.....is it that what you want to say?

Seriously???

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

....imagine an ukrainian refugee reading that!

Next they should say "spassiba"? ;)

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

....that too!

On the other hand Germanic tribes lived in these lands since ever!

...Archaeologists usually associate the earliest clearly identifiable Germanic speaking peoples with the Jastorf culture of the Pre-Roman Iron Age in central and northern Germany and southern Denmark from the 6th to 1st centuries BCE.....

So we are not like the kind of british, french or spanish colonialists in South America or somewhere on the globe.....

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

About that....interesting info:

....The considerable number of Slavic surnames in German - estimates range between 15% and 35%1 - is a clear sign of our close ties with the Slavs. A significant proportion of these names originate from Sorbian, although the exact distinction from Czech and Polish names is not always clearly possible. The names of national soccer player Michael Ballack and Saxon Prime Minister Stanislaw Tillich, for example, are certainly of Sorbian origin. The latter is Sorb and also speaks Sorbian. Very early on, however, Sorbian names were simply translated in official documents. Thus, Šewc became Schuster, Kowar became Schmidt, Krawc became Schneider, etc., and this was usually the first step toward complete assimilation. While only modest remnants of the Sorbs live in Saxony and Brandenburg today, their numbers and settlement areas were, of course, considerably larger in the past. This is evidenced not only by personal names, but also by place names such as Bautzen, Cottbus, etc., as well as by many watercourse names. An important historical source for Sorbian personal names are the various written sources such as court records, church registers, etc., some of which date back to the 14th century......

informationsmittel-fuer-bibliotheken.de/showfile.php?id=8520

On the other hand....I have my doubt that Sorbs = Serbs!

News / Polish military contingent in Lebanon. [184]

.....I think he said he is a Pole (only residing in Germany)?

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

....you probably mean pagan....and he is quite right about that!

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranen

News / Building regional alliance to stabilize Eastern Europe. [236]

Na ja....I dunno....as Crowie told it this was invading muslims stealing serbian home land......I guess every people would be abit **** when this happens.