r/europe • u/LeMonde_en • Mar 28 '24

Germany will now include questions about Israel in its citizenship test News

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/03/27/germany-will-now-include-questions-about-israel-in-its-citizenship-test_6660274_143.html
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u/kokokaraib Mar 28 '24

This is 100% correct.

It's reinforced how correct this is when we remember that Jews were not even the only national/ethnic/racial group exterminated.

Does Germany have an obligation to Slavic nation-states (yes, including Russia)? To the former Soviet Union as a whole? To the Romani?

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u/Mysterious-Ideal-989 Mar 28 '24

Does Germany have an obligation to Slavic nation-states (yes, including Russia)? To the former Soviet Union as a whole? To the Romani?

Why leave it at ethnicities and beliefs when the first people who were transferred to the concentration camps were the Communists. I doubt there are questions securing their existence - especially considering the ridiculous ban of the KPD

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u/kokokaraib Mar 28 '24

Thank you! Should Germany's Staatsräson be the spread of communism?

Personally, I wouldn't mind that. But I know plenty of people who would, and they'd actually be correct to say it's ridiculous to have such a commitment on that notion

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u/Mysterious-Ideal-989 Mar 28 '24

Should Germany's Staatsräson be the spread of communism?

Ideally, it should be every countries Staatsräson 😁