My most serious policy proposal is that we should rebuild the wall in Germany, but in addition to the AfD containment zone in the east we should also create a second wall this time just north of Frankfurt to keep the Prussians out of South Germany for once pls
I have been saying for decades that I did like the stance of the former Foreign Minister of Italy at the end of the 1980's a lot, when asked about his stance on German #reunifcation:
"I like Germany so much, I need two of them."
So, seconded.
On the other hand, I have quite a few wonderful new friends from Saxony in particular, which I would miss, so IDK.
@HistoPol Omg I will be using that quote, its beautiful!
Also yes, the few people still holding out in AfD territory will ofc get South German Republic citizenship 
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I think I never saw this quote in print, just in a discussion b/w journalists or something like that.
In any event, it contains a lot of wiseness. I'd like to explain, b/c it does cause resentment, in particular amont East Germans who, despite all the billions on transfer, still often feel like 2nd class citizens.
As you know, Western Germany used to be the European economic engine, politically jointly with France.
Most of its exports went to the EU, even before the ...
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...Treaty of Mastricht, which created European Monetary Union, thus ensuring that the Deutsche Mark would not appreciate all to much for its exports' prices to become uncompetitive.
After reunification, with Germany suddenly being 1/3 larger than any other EU country, that imbalance has become bigger and bigger, as the East was brought up to Western standards.
Such an imbalance is unhealthy in matrimony, and it is, too, in international relations.
Two Germanies...
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...would have been better for the EU.
This is why I used to like that quote. As most people are not that knowledgeable about economics and others like it b/c of the divisions such a statement might create, I stopped using it about 10 years ago.
It just reoccurred to me when you had the idea of secession.
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@HistoPol Yeah, this is def. true. Germany, historically at least, has always been to powerful of a force on this continent, and I think this problem has only continued to get worse as of late. Splitting it makes sense in a lot of ways, esp. now that the EU would continue free transit between them either way.