In 1967, Konrad Adenauer, one of the great builders of our Union, passed away

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by EUstrongerthanUS

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  2. The EU was always [meant to be a Federation](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNI_2H-WEAAePRX?format=jpg&name=900×900) 
    to unify the continent through step-by-step integration over the generations. At this point we are effectively a [confederation](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://davekeating.substack.com/p/the-eu-is-not-a-bloc&ved=2ahUKEwjFhO7mzuiKAxXg-LsIHchSMwsQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0cgTy3dEE29LbxmtTi-XUQ). Only a few (big) steps left for a federation.

  3. And 58 years later it is still a necessity! We need a strong and united EU for the following years to come

  4. He would be proud of us if he could see today how Iran is offering us help against a rogue USA that wants to conquer Greenland.

  5. I think we should name the first EU carrier class after him.

  6. The Konrad Adenauer that used intelligence agencies to spy on political opponents to stay in power?

  7. Ah yes, the 80 year old that managed to drink the leader of the Soviet Union under the table

  8. I like the anecdote of him allegedly covering the windows in every train he was on, because he was disgusted by ugly and destroyed East Germany was.

  10. No, fuck him. While his contributions to the EU are praise-worthy he was notorious for ruling like an autocrat, ending denazification, pardoning nazis, advocating for the release of Neurath and Donitz, creating an intelligence agency that spied on his opposition, arresting journalists and worst of all for me, possibly dooming East Germany to a very grim fate by refusing outright to even discuss a neutral reunification proposal with the Soviets.

    The only reason why he was instrumental to the EU is because he despised leftism and was a notorious francophile. Nothing was out of goodwill.

  12. Henry Kissinger described Adenauer as one of the greatest statesmen in history, and the father of a United and free Europe.

  13. Sad how it has lost all of it’s purpose, just a corrupt mess.

  14. I like that he founded ZDF to be his “fox news” just to get the finger the first time he wanted them to report in his favour.

  15. Der Alte, the only post war German conservative leader that deserves respect

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