GermLover

BREAKING: Tanner Horner, the FedEx driver who kidnapped and murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas, has been sentenced to death.

I've never seen a single German threaten to Allahu Akbar Poland out of revenge for taking over Silesia and Pomerania.

Today on "World War 2 history you weren't taught in school": Remember Germany's "Invasion of Poland" that kicked off WW2? It turns out, Hitler only wanted the part of Poland that was stolen from Germany after World War 1. The Germans who were stuck living in this region post-WW1 were subject to horrible persecution, literally being murdered by the thousands. The "Invasion of Poland" was a rescue mission. Germany didn't want anything to do with war, especially not with their European brothers. Hitler constantly repeated this in his communications with the countries of Europe (Germany literally airdropped flyers for the British on multiple occasions, telling them there was zero reason to fight when all Germany cared about was fighting Soviet Communism; see the actual flyers attached below). But the Jewish bankers wanted their European genocide, so they pulled the strings behind the scenes as they do, and Britain/France declared war on Germany, using this "Polish Invasion" as the media story (the Jews had already officially declared war on Germany in 1933)

🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni’s government has just become the 2nd longest-lasting in Italy’s 80-year republican history. After 1,288 days in power, Meloni is now aiming to complete a full 5-year term, a rare achievement in Italian politics.

Why are groceries in the Balkans sometimes more expensive than in Western Europe? Because in the entire Balkans - there is not a single free floating currency. ALL Balkan currencies are either pegged to the EUR or tightly managed against the EUR. 💶 🇪🇺 Locals think in terms of EUR and not their local currency when it comes to anything more expensive than grocery shopping. It's not like this in Central Europe. Hungarians, Poles and Czechs mainly think in terms of their local currencies. The cost of pegging your currency with the EUR is give up on monetary freedom 👇 1. Your currency becomes artificially strong, which hurts your local producer's export competitiveness whilst encouraging foreign imports. Balkan wages are lower but tradeable goods prices converge to Western levels because the exchange rate is not allowed to depreciate. With this chocolate bar example, on Polish or Czech supermarket shelves, there are much more domestically produced chocolate options than in the Balkans. 2. Can't cut rates to stimulate during recession (or you will face a carry trade attack) 3. Government can't inflate away debt as easily It's very difficult for the Balkans to reverse course now. Romania is the most redeemable case in the region, as the currency is managed rather than pegged. The central bank can still allow the RON to gradually depreciate as they have done over the years, whilst compensating investors with higher yields. It's good that in Poland, Hungary and Czechia - public support for Euro adoption is increasingly low!