Sentences with phrase «versailles treaty»

As if anticipating and trying to prevent the «war guilt» clause of the Versailles treaty soon to be written by the Western allies, Weber raised the question of forgiveness in politics: «A nation forgives if its interests have been damaged, but no nation forgives if its honor has been of fended by a bigoted self - righteousness.

After marathon talks to secure third bailout, Greek prime minister prepares for showdown with MPs opposed to deal described as harsher than Versailles treaty

Prime minister faces tough task to keep his Syriza party united, as former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis likens bailout proposal to 1919 Versailles treaty

Likening the deal to the 1919 Versailles treaty — widely seen as the harbinger of the second world war for its crushing of Weimar Germany — the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis called it «unviable».

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The excessive measures of Britain and America in the treaty of Versailles gave rise to national socialism.

The focus of this lesson is on the stab in the back myth and the treaty of versailles and includes cartoon analysis and independent research exercises

For example the fact of the treaty of Versailles and its impact on Germany should not be lost but is, in a Europe trying to force Greece and others into paying debts that are beyond them.

Nations of the world gathering in Paris on Saturday approved what may be the most historic global treaty since Versailles, pledging themselves to contain the warming of the planet by backing rapidly away from the uncontrolled combustion of fossil fuels.