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That is definitely a problematic issue. Countries could look at not accepting dual citizenship if the other one is a citizenship of Israel.

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ER 🇪🇺 @er2023.bsky.social · 8h

🇬🇧 even came up in 1990 w/ its own proposal for a common currency.It was to be called "Hard ECU",with each national currency (DM,FF,Lira, etc) competing against the Hard ECU. It was (already) identified as a wrecking tactic by 🇬🇧 and quietly dropped by the other M/Ss. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...

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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 32m

The idea that sometimes pop ups that the EU was originally only about trade never stands up to scrutiny. The anti EU wing of UK politics has manipulated the EU agenda in the UK. Even rewritten history to some extent.

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ER 🇪🇺 @er2023.bsky.social · 8h

Even Mrs.T,in her pre-Eurosceptic days,just before #EURef1975, was quite good at selling"Europe". She was quite clear,in her head+with voters,it was to be an instrument of collaboration across different areas,"trade" being only one of them+ultimately of European integration. bsky.app/profile/er20...

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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 35m

Tolerance of the intolerant will inevitably lead to more intolerance.

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks, Kresten, for correctly correcting me regarding tolerance. Popper is not my philosopher of choice, but it is important to keep his paradox of tolerance in mind for the so called militant democracy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox... bsky.app/profile/jun....

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 8h

I don't mention the 5% threshold without reason. In the former FRG, the fascists (NPD) never had more than a 2% to 4% share of the vote nationwide. Right-wing extremists were absorbed by the CDU and especially by the Bavarian CSU. This was manageable in West Germany. bsky.app/profile/jun....

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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 37m

Actual unification was never going to happen overnight. Everything knew that. That it hasn’t happened in 36 years…now that is deeply disappointing.

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 7h

The NPD fascists weren't tolerated, and the right-wing extremists weren't accepted. After 1989, they then occupied the political vacuum in the former GDR. Statistics & maps clarify that the former FRG-GDR state border largely also (still) represents the AfD constituencies. bsky.app/profile/jun....

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 7h

Tolerance is no longer an option. Only a constitutional ban remains. But that ship has probably sailed. bsky.app/profile/jun....

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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 38m

We will either act…or learn it the hard way. The authoritarians only have to win once.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 51m

Well said, Kresten.

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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 41m

Can it get any dumber?

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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 42m

A banana republic run by religious fanatics. Religion is poisonous when it comes to education.

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Stuart Budd @stuartbudd.bsky.social · 9h

I didn't know that either until I bought the booklet. It is crazy really Kresten.