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Countries that Oppose Germany's being on the UNSC

Can you name the countries that, according to Wikipedia, strongly oppose Germany's bid for a Permanent Seat on the United Nations Security Council?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4_nations
All countries are in Europe except for one country in Africa.
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Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Greece
Hungary
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Italy
Malta
Namibia
Netherlands
Norway
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Poland
Romania
Serbia
Spain
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Level 56
Feb 22, 2021
Motley group of countries! Some I can understand - Namibia and the eastern European countries, but why Spain, for example, I can't imagine. Perhaps I should read that Wikipedia article...
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Level 57
Feb 22, 2021
Wikipedia didn't say why these countries oppose Germany. I'd say it is because they want Germany to pay for War Crimes committed during WWII.

Spain is actually an interesting case. Spain and Italy, along with other nations, founded the Uniting for Consensus Bloc. Their aim is to prevent the possible expansion of UNSC Permanent Seats and instead prolong the membership of temporary seatholders. Spain and Italy opposed Germany's bid, Pakistan opposed India's, Mexico and Argentina opposed Brazil's, and South Korea opposed Japan's.

Although why Spain opposes Germany's bid when Germany was their ally during the 1900s remains unknown to me.

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Level 43
Feb 16, 2023
I'm confused about Spain too. As far as I know they haven't had any negative connections for a long time.

Also why Italy and Namibia? They seem pretty random to me.

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Level 43
Feb 16, 2023
After reading the Wikipedia, I think the reason Namibia doesn't want Germany on the UNSC is because of the lack of African representation.

Italy seems to be saying that it would make it to democratic and hard to make decisions but I'm still confused about Spain.