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I find it senseful to republish this article from eBulgarian media.
It's the full english version of original article located here.

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"How does Germany feel in Circle of Trust?"

A few days ago, NoProfile2 confronted me with this question. It is a question that - although I have been working with and in CoT for quite some time - never came to my mind before, so I had to give it some thought.

The accession to CoT was a part of Germany's way out of the lethargy we descended into after Terra went afk. After we were approaching CoT and gathering more and more MPPs with its members, we finally became a member ourselves three months ago. Initially, it felt a bit weird - on both sides, probably. We became allies with nations that were on the opposite side of the battlefield not even one year ago. We have fought side by side with former enemies - against former allies. It was a situation a part of our community at first needed to get used to, since Germany was basically sleeping while the world has changed. 😛
Within the alliance itself, however, there were hardly any feelings of that kind noticeable: Germany has been admitted into the Circle of Trust and immediately been treated like a normal member. We have, like every other member, put up an aMC, been involved in military planning and participated in summits (except for a few things, such as votings and stuff). I immediately have perceived CoT as a rather open-minded alliance. Anyhow, so much for the past.

How do we feel in CoT today?
As my own opinion solely would not be representative by any means, I asked a few peeps in Germany how they feel as a part of CoT. Since reciting every single opinion would lead us beyond the scope of this article, I try to put it into a few sentences: Basically, most people are okay with our current alliance ("I feel okay") and have a good feeling about it. One of them mentioned particularly that he "liked the teamwork of yesterday's RW [RWs in Hungary], it was a nice move. Almost v1 hello kitty feeling". Another point of CoT, that our people really like, are its members - some countries we have been friends with for quite a long time, such as Russia and USA, are also part of the Circle of Trust.

However, there are also rather sceptical opinions about CoT within the German society. Some people have the impression that the CoT HQ is messing up the one thing or another, such as geostrategies - particularly the wipe of the USA.

Personally, I would like to add that working with the HQ is one of the things I mostly like. We have had inactive SCs and MCs in the past, however I think CoT is on its way up. The latest SCs have shown commitment and ambition, and it is really nice to work with them.
I hope this article gained the Bulgarian community an insight into the German opinion about Circle of Trust. 😛 Furthermore, I hope Bulgaria and Germany will maintain their relations in the future, since the Bulgarians (particularly the care bears, that I have a crush on 😛) are a great ally and I am happy we are in the circle of their friends. 🙂

~n0s3y