Germany megathread

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The specific question that was asked by Allensbach in their poll was:

"Would you say that the USA is a reliable ally for Germany in the long-term, or wouldn't you say that?"

(On page 13: https://www.sicherheitsreport.net/wp-content/uploads/Sicherheitsreport_2023_Charts.pdf)

It's quite possible that I would have answered that question in the negative. Why? Donald Trump (or someone who might be even worse than Trump?) could be elected president again in 2024.

Do I believe that America is a reliable ally right now, as of this moment? I do. But you people have elections, you know. And after your last presdential election, some peculiar events occurred on January 6, 2021. Did that make America more reliable as an ally "in the long-term"? No, it didn't.

The Infratest-dimap poll cited earlier by President Johnson where the U.S. reached a higher trustworthiness of 59% did answer the question in the present and not in the long-term.

A weirdly-worded question from Allensbach designed to produce headlines? Shocking, shocking.

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His father was a fluent speaker as was his surrogate father figure (Mountbatten) so it's not so surprising, especially as he's not bad with languages: he has passable Welsh, and that's really not an easy language to learn.

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This evening's Tagesspiegel editorial arguing that Schröder has become too much of a liability for the country and that, among other things, he needs to be finally expelled from the SPD

The whole embarrassing situation around him does make an excellent case for the parts of the law that relate to membership of a political party in Germany to be carefully changed.