burneracct33

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   by burneracct33 5y ago

   > E.g. in 2020 they quickly pushed for joint EU bonds to inject money into the eastern countries (and Italy and Spain) Basically to subsidise buying german products. While Italy and Spain have a debt issue, east eu has an entry barrier i
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   by burneracct33 5y ago

   And most important lower tech, meaning less competition for german made products. You know, better keep them east europeans developed enough to rid germany of old cars and hardware but poor enough to prevent them from manufacturing their ow
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   by burneracct33 5y ago

   An interesting way of getting bribes. Enact laws, quit politics, work for whomever the law was dedicated for, get a large salary, do nothing basically. This type of corruption is reflected in the eu as well, and not just german ex politicia
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   by burneracct33 5y ago

   There is another view that these “old foes” are dividing east europe again. At the end of the day its convenient for germany to have an underdeveloped east europe as it is for russia to have a long buffer between its citizens and west europ