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...you fear germanisation but want us to become a military big boy again??? Man, I can hear the cries of joy from our neighbours already...

Remember? As we met first back then I posted german jokes to convince you we Germans really have at least a bit of humour! :):):)

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Thing is I don't believe you disagree on the EU or on the point of a union generally, you often post here as a proud Brit, I never have you seen criticizing their empire, their union.

Your problem are the Germans only....and that is another topic altogether!


Been here recently? I wish Berlin could control Berlin....we Berliners would be perfectly happy with that....but its not happening....Berlin is a failed state!

Your image of the Germans lives alone in your head, and it is incredible difficult to discuss with a prejudice, a cliche, a non-existing stereotype, a fear. Maybe we should leave the EU out of our future discussions. Our disagreement isn't really about the european union....


It's the run of time I think....all Empires go through a kind of evolution.....usually they don't end with a poof but rather fizzle out. It's all true what you and Cojest say....they become to big, to bloated, to corrupt, to bureaucratic...the inner differences to big, the leadership to weak....all true.

But you know what happens then? After a time a new Empire/Union will be founded...sometimes even in the territory of the old one....a new name....a fresh spirit...fresh enthusiasm...again and again and again....

The advantages are just to big to ignore!

Yeah....in time the EU will collapse, but I truly think for the upcoming centuries she will be Europe's only way to stay on top....to keep in the play with the real global big players...not to be overrun and become a used hasbeen on the world stages, depending on foreign powers and their whims!

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Because it is?

Unification = bigger, stronger, more powerful, more influential than every region for itself alone

It's not exactly rocket science....even economically weaker/less developed countries have a bigger voice just because of their size and population.

Size is Might!

(And I don't even start with technological development, industrialization and all that where Europe leads....that power unified, pooling its resources, could take on anybody and everybody anytime!)

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See?

What else are you afraid of?

French is surely not a Lingua Franca in Europe....or else I would speak it! :)


Then why do you defend the Brits? Their history is as bloody, oppressive, agressive and dominating as you keep accusing the Germans of.....is that the Pole speaking?


Erm....definitely NOT!

We had our own Empire (HRE)....lasted even longer....nearly 1000 years, thank you very much. IF, then the Brits emulated us, heh:)

The Hanseatic League worked well too....an idea of an economic union across borders....now THAT was german dominated! Still...extremely successfull...lasted over 300 years and made many traders rich....you can still even today see along the coastlines the traces of those times...(and Poland was part of it:)

Milo,

you should stop observing Germany through your polish WWII eyes, that must give you a distorted and inherently wrong view. German history is much more than that, so much more....and frankly, since the Germans under Arminius kicked roman asses at the height of the Roman Empire, starting their end, I find it truly hard to call them losers! :)

2000 years if history Milo....good and bad times.....ups and downs....won some, lost some...truly bright spots, really dark ones too.....and the newest chapter isn't even written yet!

Good night:)

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When all start speaking German as Lingua Franca of the EU, then you could start speaking of Germanisation....


Now that is all in your head....and frankly, I don't know where that comes from?

You have to decide at one point....do you need/want a losing Germany? And what about the other Europeans?

Would you prefer an EU without Germany? What should happen with Germany?


PS: You had an Empire and lost it....has history now proven too that you are a loser?

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But it didn't start out peacefully for you either, didn't it...not to mention losing big chunks over time...and I heard there is "talk" in Ireland and Scotlang now too...;)

It's like the EU in reverse!


Totally agree....that's why we stopped trying! :)


What is wrong with peaceful unification?

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Yeah....and before that it was German....and before THAT it was Latin....so what!

I would like to keep English (it's also most easy for Germans since it started out as a germanic dialect)....no interest in learning Mandarin....


Really....as the EU was started Germany just lost WWII, was totally destroyed, still occupied and partitioned....that must have been some magic at work here! ;)

(Or we are really those Übermenschen!!!:)



You prefer we try it with our armies?


Is a unification generally you have a problem with *cough UNITED Kingdom cough Commonwealth cough* or do you just don't like especially Germans doing it? Like winning Football World Championships? :)

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It's the Lingua Franca because of the US....

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....english it would be not necessary because of little England! ;)

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....it should be definitely "homegrown" people in every Europol base!

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Yeah well....Interpol just elected a criminal to lead....a "fox in the henhouse" so to speak.....

....As if to prove the thesis of Applebaum's article, on Nov. 25, 2021 the International Police Criminal Organization, popularly known as INTERPOL, elected Emirati Ministry of the Interior (MOI) General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi as its new president. The media has widely reported General al-Raisi's involvement in human rights abuses and the UAE's role in past exploitation of INTERPOL.....

inkstickmedia.com/the-fox-guarding-the-henhouse/

Building up a real functional Europol would be a worthwile achievement in the light of this!

The main problem for all these common institutions as I see it is the babylonic language chaos in Europe I fear....a problem I don't have a clear cut answer for yet.

I would go with english ffs....as would most Germans....even as german is after english the most widely spoken language now that the Brits are out (36%), but the French are stuck on french (29%) and so are others with theirs like italian (18%)....or spanish (17%)....but a real USofE need besides a common territory, joint borders and shared institutions at least one main language EVERYBODY uses, at least officially!

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A common currency.....free trade in the biggest common market in the world....free moving across the continent for goods and people....funds for the weaker regions...common institutions...

That's what super duper Empires of the past tried to achieve....the EU did it, peacefully....for nearly 80 years now!

You've got to be kidding me, either you don't know sh't about the EU, it's advantages and it's disadvantages....or you are just willfully ignorant, and that is never a good advisor to make correct judgements and informed opinions!


Alot of these problems are still part of the souvereignity of each member state....without giving up more of these national rights up to the EU there is no way the EU can do something about it, she just has not the necessary rights and allowances.

It's a long way to go about it, some members will walk the whole nine yard....some will not!

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*nods*

...doesn't mean survived challenges won't change the EU too.

That belorussian scheme trying to blackmail the EU with refugees is a good example, it only will lead to something which had been taboo till now, a "Festung Europa"!

But every "United States" needs that, it's practically a basic requirement....a clearly defined common territory with jointly secured and defended borders!

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It is the strongest super state we did ever build....

The other alliances were only build to hold the "others" in check, and we both know how that always ended...those "nice" times had been short lived breaks, always gearing up for the next big catastrophe.

As the USofA had been disunified and quarreling once in their history that too led there to war and utter destruction. Only a Union can and did put an end to that!

A Europe without the EU, with all its countries members, will soon also again lead to a sad and bad repetition of well known history....it would be futile to believe otherwise.


A country isn't only developing when it's population grows....or otherwise african or arabic sh*itholes would be far above us by now.

The next proof of superiority and development is the "race to the stars"....there lies our all future! Who wins this will rule!

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Without the EU it HAD BEEN EATEN by its neighbours....countless times....but now they are all members of the EU...as equals with equal voting rights!

....After the Eighty Years' War, Luxembourg became a part of the Southern Netherlands, which passed to the Austrian line of the Habsburg dynasty in 1713.....

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....After occupation by Revolutionary France, the 1815 Treaty of Paris transformed Luxembourg into a Grand Duchy.....

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...in the following decades, Luxembourg fell further into Germany's sphere of influence, particularly after the creation of a separate ruling house in 1890. It was occupied by Germany from 1914 until 1918 and again from 1940 until 1944.....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Luxembourg

And now that:

...Since the end of the Second World War, Luxembourg has become one of the world's richest countries, buoyed by a booming financial services sector, political stability, and European integration. ....

That was a bad example for your position, Gruni! :)

Actually all tinies and weaker countries will never have it so good as with the EU....especially those who fear a dominant Germany....without the EU you wouldn't be equals anymore, with the same voting rights, sitting at the same tables...adhering to the same treaties!

Ask Luxembourg! ;)


Where should they do that? There is hardly any barren land in Europe...some would even say it's overpopulated.....maybe if we put more ressources into space exploration...the search for a new Earth to colonize....new ressources and developing of new technologies....also something that we Europeans TOGETHER could do alot better than every country alone for itself....logical, right?

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How so?

I compare a future USofE with the one federal super state in existence, the USofA! (Build by Europeans at that!)

How do you think would....say.....Iowa....Nevada....or Mississippi hold up all alone against....say....China or Russia? Economically and military?

Think about Alaska....would Russia had gotten it back till now? All alone by itself?

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....and wait for someone else to bake you the perfect cookie? That you can enjoy then afterwards?

I don't think the EU works that way.....I don't think LIFE works that way....sorry....

If more Poles would had appreciated the old Commonwealth and fighted to keep the Union together Poland would never had suffered such a fate by it's neighbours!

...just saying!

*takes helmet, steps down from the soapbox and leaves for now*

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So....I do all the work for a cool USofE whereas you work for Poland leaving?

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Totally agree! :)

But you see....the talk about a federal EU has also just started....that idea has to grow roots first before we can do any planning...



Alot like that....but which idea would be longterm better for our countries, for our people? Back to the beginning with empty hands? All alone in a globalized world?

Or a super strong USofE???

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I was surely one of the mockers who laughed out loud about Helena Dalli, the braindead maltese EU official who truly thought to spit on european traditions would be a great way to make it easier for non-european foreigners to feel welcomed here...

We showed her how wrong she was....that Europe must not give up it's soul, it's culture, it's traditions to be a diverse Heimat....I felt better after she took it back! I think the EU is better now, keeping it's heritage openly and officially.... :)

(and I'm not even Christian or otherwise interested in those "book-religions")

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....By the 18th century, destabilization of its political system brought the Commonwealth to the brink of civil war and the state became increasingly susceptible to foreign influence.[100]...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth#Political_turmoil_and_the_enlightenment_(1697%E2%80%931771)

That's what you want for Europe?

...The remaining European powers perpetually meddled in the country's affairs.[101] Upon the death of a king, several royal houses actively intruded in the hope of securing votes for their desired candidates.[102] The practice was common and apparent, and the selection was often the result of hefty bribes directed at corrupt nobles.[103] ....

Just supplant the then "foreign powers" with the future global powers....and that will be our fate too....partitioned into other non-european powers spheres of influence, without any say in it anymore!

Can't you see that?

No, the EU is not perfect....as the old Commonwealth wasn't perfect.....but Poland was better WITH IT, than without it.....the same applies to the European Union!

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It's yours too....make it better!

There had been no Germans in the old Commonwealth, you have only yourself to blame....maybe Poland ist not good for any Union? But to survive alone ist hard too...

So why not take what you have and make it work for you?

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....what a start!

Do you want the EU to end like the old Commonwealth? Was that good for Poland?

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Some braindead maltese official thought that a good idea....but she was taught that it was not!

timesofmalta.com/articles/view/helena-dallis-christmas-conundrum-explained.919519

...The massive outcry in international media led Dalli to withdraw the document saying it was a work in progress and that her office is taking note of the concerns and will address them in an updated version....


By whom?

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I don't think so....

I believe he feels Slavs generally threatened and has to fight said threat. It's actually a nice trait not only to be concerned for one self (and maybe plus family) but also to care about your town, your country....I think that fear he feels is honest and serious!

But of course every nice trait can be misguided and develop into something hurt- and harmful...especially when the biggest threat today doesn't come from the outside but from the inside.

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Crowie? Is it totally unimportant for you what kind of country that is? If it oppresses and jails and exiles and kills it's citizens? As long as it is ethnically and nationalistically "slavic" it's okay in your book? Deserving your support? No matter if it makes the lives of Slavs miserable?

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How so?

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No idea....

But if there will be really a "bottleneck" this winter then we will learn all about it!

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Yeah....one hopes Baerbock sees the light....

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Aaaaand....there is more as SPIEGEL reports today (Google translate)


spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/gazprom-fuellt-deutsche-gasspeicher-nicht-auf-a-a76e5e8a-ba67-4d86-8846-6af453c5df5e

Russian President Putin had actually announced that he would be delivering more gas to Germany from November - but new figures show that the storage facilities remain surprisingly empty. Are there now any bottlenecks looming in winter?

We need to go green like yesterday...