The youth wing of a German political party has put forward a cheeky and audacious proposal to buy the entire Spanish island of Mallorca.
The Ulm-Biberach branch of Junge Liberale (Young Liberals) raised eyebrows after it proposed to bringing the party island into German control.
It said in an Instagram post: ‘Millions of Germans travel there every year – why shouldn’t the enormous tourism revenues directly benefit our national budget?
‘With Mallorca, we are not only securing a profitable premium travel destination, but also a strategic location in the Mediterranean.
‘In doing so, we are assuming responsibility for an island that has long been a cultural part of our lives, providing legal certainty for the many Germans living there, and reducing unnecessary bureaucracy.’
One commenter asked if the post was satirical, and the account denied this. But dozens more were sure it was a joke.
One joked under the Young Liberals’ post: ‘First good demand of the [Young Liberals].’
Another wrote: ‘Would prefer Austria.’
The post, which had the hashtag ‘#trump’, was immediately compared to the US president’s bid to buy Greenland.
A German tourist stands in a bikini with the German flag on it on the beach in Arenal, Mallorca, Spain
A German tourist waves a German flag while riding a segway at Palma’s Beach in Palma de Mallorca
Several commenters posted doctored images of Trump saying: ‘I want to buy Greenland’.
The plot, which Trump first suggested in his first term as president, saw him threaten to annex the autonomous Danish territory.
When asked whether he would use military force, he said: ‘I don’t rule it out. I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule anything out.
‘We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that.
‘But we need that for international security.’
