Re:French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
by ttepasse on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:10AM
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Germany was build out of different german speaking principalities. Germany was problematic in the 20th century but the problems were against its neighbours, not within.
And then there are those 13 ex-colonies, now 50, which dared to want an ever closer union. They had a civil war, yes, but since then secession seems to out of the picture.
Re:French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
by petre on Monday May 08, 2017 @04:14PM
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They were already speaking German and Otto von Bismarck and did lend them a bit of a helping hand, pissing off the French in the process, which pretty much led to both world wars.
And then there are those 13 ex-colonies, now 50, which dared to want an ever closer union. They had a civil war, yes, but since then secession seems to out of the picture.