An entire country whose prosperity is built on helping druglords, arms traffickers, warmongerers, corrupt politicians and dictators stash their illicit money in its banking system. We are all accomplices to its "neutrality" though. The EU should have kicked the Swiss ass a long time ago.
In the words of famous writer and holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel:
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Confusing and confused comment.
English indeed belongs to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family i.e. has german it its core structure and basic vocabulary (pronouns, basic verbs, nouns). Also some idiomatic expressions are also rooted in its Germanic heritage.
Latin influence primarily came through old English (Latin via christianity) and middle English when the Normans invaded England. This Latin is mainly in areas like law, governance, religion and literature. It’s estimated that over 60% of modern English vocabulary is derived from Latin, often via French.
Greek is everywhere in the fields of science, medicine, philosophy, and the arts. It makes up a smaller percentage compared to Latin—perhaps around 10% of the English vocabulary, though it forms the basis of many complex and specialized terms.
A modern German speaker might recognize some English words with Germanic roots, but the recognition is often less obvious due to centuries of language evolution.
For Greek speakers, recognizing Greek-derived words in English is significantly easier and straightforward. This is because the words have been adopted verbatim, with barely any transformation. And these words usually fall in the category of more academic, high-level English.
In the parent comment for example, 4 out of 6 words are purely Greek (Cacography, Epeolatry, Kakistocracy, Oikophilia).
The pencil-pushing bureaucrats in Brussels are well aware of the threat. It is just that they chose to play dumb that you cannot win a real war with staplers and paperwork. So we will find out the hard way that the EU has no real, unified army. When you depend on someone else putting boots on the ground for you, it is a matter of time before you find out the hard truth. We will cross that point on Jan 20th when the Donald assumes duty.