After the end of World War II in the last century, Germany and many countries have signed compensation agreements, but since then by some external factors, this money is obviously not fully repaid by Germany, which has led to the fact that until today, Germany still has debt problems with many countries. For example, Greece has reopened the old accounts of World War II, forcibly demanded 2,250 billion yuan in reparations from Germany, and said harshly that it would go to war without giving money.
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It is reported that since the failure of Germany to attack Greece in 1941, the problem of debt compensation between the two sides has arisen. However, due to the economic downturn in Germany at that time, and the end of World War II, Germany was still divided by the Soviet Union and the Western countries led by the United States, which led to the problem of how to compensate.
Subsequently, when the Cold War broke out and the nations of the world were divided into two camps, it would be more difficult for East and West Germany to resolve these debts. However, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, the Western camp proposed that Germany did not need to compensate for the losses of World War II, but the foreign debt owed by Germany before and after the war had to be returned. Obviously, germany owes a lot less debt as a result.
Moreover, after Germany signed the "Two Plus Four Treaty" and declared its reunification, it took this opportunity to push away all the foreign debts owed by Germany before, unilaterally saying that it would not repay them. But many countries still want this money, so whatever so-called justification Germany finds, they have never thought of giving it up.
Reopen old accounts
Since then, the German economy has quickly recovered, and now it is the richest country in the Western camp, except for the United States. It is precisely in this way that as greece's economy becomes more and more bleak, in order to change the status quo, it immediately finds Germany to reopen the old account and demands compensation of 289 billion euros, which is almost equivalent to 2250 billion yuan. Moreover, Greece has also made cruel remarks and started a war without giving money.
Strictly speaking, greece is not the only country that has a debt dispute with Germany, which means that if Germany does repay Greece, other countries will also come to Germany to pay it back. Thus, even if Germany had any more money, it would not be able to repay all its debts, so Germany decisively rejected Greece on the simple grounds that there was no legal basis for its demands.
War needs to burn money
Of course, Greece's military strength is not bad, but the degree of money burned in modern wars is beyond imagination, so even if Germany does not pay back, under normal circumstances, Greece does not have the ability to go to war with Germany. Moreover, since Brexit, Germany's position in the EU is on a par with that of the Uk, and relatively speaking, Germany's international environment is much better than Greece's.
In short, this so-called reparations, Greece is likely not to come back. Therefore, If Greece wants to change the status quo, it must find another way, otherwise if the recession is allowed to continue, Greece may even fall apart. It has to be said that only when a country has a good economic foundation can it have the conditions for long-term development.