Austria joining Germany?

[RussiaPrussia]

Vienna should be.

haha than we dont want, we had these times

[Corvus]

A good reason for the Austrians, but what kind of benefits would Germans derive?

More sucess in skiing and some higher mountains belonging to their territory, but rather minimal economical benefits, perhaps a bit more winter tourism.
But I cannot imagine any Austrian footballer beeing included in a German squad and so
the ÖFB team would be extinguised. That would hurt Austrians

[derLowe]

More sucess in skiing and some higher mountains belonging to their territory, but rather minimal economical benefits, perhaps a bit more winter tourism.
But I cannot imagine any Austrian footballer beeing included in a German squad and so
the ÖFB team would be extinguised. That would hurt Austrians

If there is no good economic reason then I can't see it happening, plus the Austrian pride will be hurt with the loss of the Austrian soccer team so there is even less incentive.

[Szegedist]

What about Bavaria joining Austria?

[Žołnir]

LOL Zolnir, who gave you that inspiration to open such a thread. We already discussed it btw
Austrians are related with Germans and share the same language and culture and I would not mind joining Germany but most people would.
It is not like Aherne says that Germans = Austrians
There are some minor but fine differences and don`t forget Austrians are the most most patriotic nationalists in whole Europe according to a recent survey.

I was thinking this long ago. Before i got internet. Here in SLO we generally consider Austrians as Germans with seperate state. Anyways i just wondered what is general opinion among Austrians that is all. As long as Germany and Austria are close allies, etc. i guess it dosen't matter so much if you are divided into two states (if i put myself into German/Austrian position) however nothing is 100% what the other of the two would do during hard times.

What kind of benefit would they gain by joining forces?

In case of troubled times Germany wouldn't need to sweat over who Austria would choose for ally and what would Austria do.

[Corvus]

What about Bavaria joining Austria?

Why should they, if anything they want to be independent as well, but most will like to remain German.

The point is : You won`t change territorial borders nowadays. These structures are too well drawn even in the mind of the people

[Corvus]

I was thinking this long ago. Before i got internet. Here in SLO we generally consider Austrians as Germans with seperate state. Anyways i just wondered what is general opinion among Austrians that is all. As long as Germany and Austria are close allies, etc. i guess it dosen't matter so much if you are divided into two states (if i put myself into German/Austrian position) i guess however nothing is 100% what the other of the two would do during hard times.



In case of troubled times Germany wouldn't need to sweat over who Austria would choose for ally and what would Austria do.

If I would claim Yugoslavia should reunite there would be some people in Slovenia who would approve but most would not be so happy about it. The trend nowadays is toward regionalism and small entities. Why do you think Katalans want to seperate from Spain - because of this tendency

[Szegedist]

In case of troubled times Germany wouldn't need to sweat over who Austria would choose for ally and what would Austria do.

Austria follows mostly Neutral politics. I doubt they will be a big worry to Germany.

[Virtuous]

Great idea. I think the Czechs should follow the same example, too!

[RussiaPrussia]

What about Bavaria joining Austria?

i wouldnt have any problems with that