Eftergiftspolitik

Storbritanniens premiärminister Neville Chamberlain visar upp Münchenöverenskommelsen, 1938.

Eftergiftspolitik innebär att ge efter, allt för att undvika en konflikt. Begreppet har en negativ laddning, och används mest i samband med kritik mot en politik som anses misslyckad, naiv eller långsiktigt kontraproduktiv. Eftergiftspolitik kallas ibland också eftergivenhetens politik.

Ett vanligt exempel är Münchenöverenskommelsen från 1938, som föranledde andra världskriget, då de demokratiska ledarna gav efter för Adolf Hitlers krav. Främst Storbritanniens dåvarande premiärminister Neville Chamberlain har anklagats för detta. Storbritannien och Frankrike samarbetade 1936–1939 om denna politik – på engelska känd som appeasement[1] – som underlättade Nazitysklands territoriella expansion på grannländernas bekostnad.

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  1. ^ ”appeasement - Uppslagsverk - NE.se”. www.ne.se. https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/appeasement. Läst 17 januari 2022. 

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Munich Agreement (Münchener Abkommen) 1938-09-30 Neville Chamberlaine showing the Anlo-German declaration ("Peace for our time"). Heston Aerodrome, west of London, England. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe 3 1 0 5 268 3 1 111334 No known cop.jpg
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Munich Agreement, Chamberlain: Peace for our time.
  • The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain commenting and showing the Anglo-German Declaration (the resolution) of the Munich Agreement (German: Münchener Abkommen) to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself, on his return from Munich on 30 September 1938.
Chamberlain's aeroplane landed at the Heston Aerodrome and he spoke to the crowds there: The settlement of the Czechoslovakian problem, which has now been achieved is, in my view, only the prelude to a larger settlement in which all Europe may find peace. This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine [shows paper to crowd]. Some of you, perhaps, have already heard what it contains but I would just like to read it to you: " ... We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again".
Later that day, he stood outside 10 Downing Street, again read from the document and concluded: My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.
Chamberlain's return was not universally well-received, and 15,000 people protested the Munich Agreement the same day in Trafalgar Square, three times more than the number welcoming him at 10 Downing Street.