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The government on Friday insisted that the issue of German World War II reparations to Greece remained unresolved despite the International Court of Justice in The Hague rebuffing a Greek reparation claim for atrocities committed by Nazi troops in the village of Distomo, central Greece.
“The issue of German reparations remains open,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Hague’s decision on Friday, the ministry said, does not prevent Greece from seeking reparations from Germany.
In November 2008, a court in Florence ruled that the families of the 218 men and women killed by Nazi troops in the village of Distomo should be awarded a villa in Menaggio, near Lake Como, which is owned by a German state nonprofit organization, by way of restitution.
Germany successfully appealed against the Italian ruling.
The 15-judge court said in its 12-3 ruling on Friday that the Italian case violated Germany’s longstanding immunity from being sued in national courts.
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Unrealistic
February 5, 2012 by Chris (United Kingdom ), 15 weeks 3 hours ago
This can never really be allowed to happen because too many great powers would be forced to pay out. Not many countries can say they don't have a dark chapter in their history (some worse than others of course) so if all the countries of the world had to pay compensation the world would end up going bust. Nations should be forced to pay nations reparations but can it really work on an individual basis
Boo!!!!
February 6, 2012 by John Gurlides (United Kingdom ), 14 weeks 6 days ago
Germany got off very cheaply for the destruction it caused not too long ago. If their WW I reparations were just paid off a couple of years ago, they should be paying well into the 23rd century for WW II.
Instead, they are allowed to "miraculously" recover and - once again - domineer their neighbours which, in this case, is nearly all of Europe.
fundamentally we agree,
February 6, 2012 by Chris ( ), 14 weeks 6 days ago
fundamentally we agree, however I just don't think it will be "allowed" to happen because of the potential ramifications. The domino-effect would be too great with too many great powers having too much to lose