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| ▲ | abc123abc123 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Don't you worry. This is a political process and politicians are basically big children, so no country will ever accept notes without someone famous from their country on the note. So al will be watered down to abstract art or animals in the end, so that the suggestion with the least amount of friction gets accepted. Like all decision in democracy, it is not about finding the best solution, it's about the solution with the least nr of votes against it. That is why democracy never works in the long term, because it is a long, drawn out, trip to the bottom. |
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| ▲ | izacus 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | TBH the only acceptable approach here would be similar to coins - where each member state may print their own people on some of the notes to keep representation. Putting 6 people of 27 member states is just asking for trouble and lacks representation. (I still prefer the current approach of using non-existing bridgets as a motif.) |
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| ▲ | matthiasv 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Mozart I don't want to open old wounds but Mozart's nationality is debated and warrants its own long Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart%27s_nationality |
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| ▲ | holgerschurig 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| At least you can be sure that Germans won't "adopt" them, e.g. you can often read "the german architect Hundertwasser" or "the german author Kafka" :-/ On the other side: most classic composers are from times when there was no Germany. E.g. J. S. Bach is from Sachsen-Eisenach :-) |
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| ▲ | gherkinnn 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | In a similar vein, who gets to claim Nicola Tesla? Europe used to be much more of a mess than today's neatly drawn nation states, retroactively assigning origin is a silly endeavour. |
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| ▲ | klausa 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm sure most countries will have their pet peeves with this; I've seen a bunch of Polish people being upset about the phrasing of Marie Curie's name already. |
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| ▲ | cisophrene 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Germans got their one famous composer I think you just made J.S. Bach roll over in his grave. And don't forget: Brahms, Handel, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, Wagner. The competition is not so one-sided. |
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| ▲ | tacker2000 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Bertha von Suttner on the 200 EUR is Austrian |
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| ▲ | haunter 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | I've never seen a 200€ note irl (and not the no more printed but still legal tender 500€ either) |
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| ▲ | maxnoe 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Because he composed the anthem? |
