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Latvia PM: Let EU countries with no colonial past lead diplomacy with BRICS+ (www.politico.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Historical sticklers could also note that Latvia had a brief past as a colonial power. The Duchy of Courland, an antecedent to Latvia, held territory on the island of Tobago in the Caribbean and on the Gambia River in West Africa in the mid-1600s.

lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yet nowhere in that statement they said that Latvia should be the one to lead the talks. So it's just shifting the focus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are a few obvious wrinkles in his plans. Poland, for example, is probably the most significant European country without a past as a colonial power in Africa, Asia or South America but politicians from around the world will not be blind to some of Warsaw’s latest pronouncements on migration. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki recently said he wants to hold a referendum asking citizens whether they support the arrival of “thousands of illegal migrants coming from the Middle East and Africa.”

So which European country that isn't racist and doesn't have a colonial past?

[–] Nefrayu 2 points 1 year ago

Ireland doesn’t have a colonial past, except in the being colonised sense. While no country is completely without racism, Ireland doesn’t have any racist policies or prime ministers calling for referenda on immigration. Fairly small population though.