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Greece Puts Figure of €279bn On Claim For German Reparations


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Greece’s deputy finance minister has said that Germany owes it nearly €279bn (£205bn) in reparations for the Nazi occupation of the country.
 
Greek governments and private citizens have pushed for war damages from Germany for decades but the Greek government has never officially quantified its reparation claims.
 
A parliamentary panel set up by Alexis Tsipras’s government started work last week, seeking to claim German debts, including war reparations, the repayment of a so-called occupation loan that Nazi Germany forced the Bank of Greece to make and the return of stolen archaeological treasures.
 
Speaking at a parliamentary committee on Monday, the deputy finance minister, Dimitris Mardas, said Berlin owed Athens €278.7bn, according to calculations by the country’s general accounting office. The occupation loan amounts to €10.3bn.
 
The campaign for compensation has gained momentum in the past few years as the Greeks have suffered hardship under austerity measures imposed by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for bailouts totalling €240bn to save Greece from bankruptcy.
 
Tsipras has frequently blamed Germany for the hardship stemming from the imposition of austerity. The Greek prime minister has angered Berlin by threatening to push for reparations in the middle of talks to unlock aid for Greece.
 
Germany has repeatedly rejected the country’s claims and says it has honoured its obligations, including a 115m deutschmark payment to Greece in 1960.

 

 

 

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At least they're not shook to ask for it..... unlike some other people we all know....

 

Who

 

The african americans.

 

 

Thought so, the joke is set caribbean countries paid reparations to Slaveholders on abolition. Take Haiti...

 

 

In addition, the nascent state's future was compromised in 1825 when it was forced to pay 150 million gold francs in reparations to French slaveholders, in order to receive French recognition and end the nation's political and economic isolation.[1] Though the amount of the reparations was reduced in 1838, Haiti was unable to finish paying off its debt until 1947, and the payments left the country's government deeply impoverished, causing instability.[3]

 

Yet Greece should be fed.

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At least they're not shook to ask for it..... unlike some other people we all know....

 

Who

 

The african americans.

 

 

Thought so, the joke is set caribbean countries paid reparations to Slaveholders on abolition. Take Haiti...

 

 

In addition, the nascent state's future was compromised in 1825 when it was forced to pay 150 million gold francs in reparations to French slaveholders, in order to receive French recognition and end the nation's political and economic isolation.[1] Though the amount of the reparations was reduced in 1838, Haiti was unable to finish paying off its debt until 1947, and the payments left the country's government deeply impoverished, causing instability.[3]

 

Yet Greece should be fed.

 

I didn't even know that tbh. smh

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At least they're not shook to ask for it..... unlike some other people we all know....

 

Who

 

The african americans.

 

 

Thought so, the joke is set caribbean countries paid reparations to Slaveholders on abolition. Take Haiti...

 

 

In addition, the nascent state's future was compromised in 1825 when it was forced to pay 150 million gold francs in reparations to French slaveholders, in order to receive French recognition and end the nation's political and economic isolation.[1] Though the amount of the reparations was reduced in 1838, Haiti was unable to finish paying off its debt until 1947, and the payments left the country's government deeply impoverished, causing instability.[3]

 

Yet Greece should be fed.

 

I didn't even know that tbh. smh

 

 

I'll hit you up with some books to read later, Can tell you are a bit hostile to our blue foot friends so your anger towards them will probably increase ten fold after you have finished reading. 

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