Bastian AllgeierI grew up a few km away from the border to France. My classroom was 100 meters away from the Rhine. I was in 9th grade when they opened the borders. I was in 12th grade when they introduced the Euro. Visiting other countries in the EU suddenly felt truly magical. "Fuck you" to all politicians in this country who are currently destroying this magical idea for pure populism, to appease some fascists. It's all about staying in power - as if that helped - and I couldn't despise them more for it.
Brecht Savelkoul@bastianallgeier You'd also think that, being professional politicians, they would be aware of the ample political science research that shows these kinds of moves only strengthen the far-right.
Clarissa@brecht @bastianallgeier that's what's so wild, right? And they've seen it happen in other countries (AND in Germany) and yet, they have no better ideas so here we go again...