• PonyOfWar
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    16 days ago

    Reparation demands are quite a useful tool for Polish politicians. Whenever there’s a political scandal or an unpopular new law they can just demand some reparations from Germany as a distraction. The answer will always be “no” and the media will direct their anger at that for a couple days.

    • misk@sopuli.xyz
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      16 days ago

      Also, presidential elections in May. They have to one-up PiS in being PiS because it sells and a copy is the only thing they can come up.