☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to EuropeEnglish · 1 year agoThe “sick man of Europe” moniker has resurfaced in recent weeks as manufacturing output continues to stutter in the region’s largest economy and Germany grapples with high energy prices.www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.ml
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkThe “sick man of Europe” moniker has resurfaced in recent weeks as manufacturing output continues to stutter in the region’s largest economy and Germany grapples with high energy prices.www.cnbc.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to EuropeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: europe@lemmy.ml
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMindlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoReportedly first to use it in politics was no other than the scumbag extraordinaire Nicholas I, for Ottoman Turkey, during his talks with scumbag almost as big as him, Klemens von Metternich, in 1833.
Reportedly first to use it in politics was no other than the scumbag extraordinaire Nicholas I, for Ottoman Turkey, during his talks with scumbag almost as big as him, Klemens von Metternich, in 1833.
I didn’t realize the trope was that old.