The problem is the same on these three fronts. Facing Turkey, Great Britain and the Polish-Hungarian tandem in the most burning problems it has to solve at the moment, the European Union must arbitrate between the short and the long term.
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Europe, the cradle of human rights, freedom and democracy, has always promoted its values far beyond its borders. The European Parliament, the Council of Europe and states all defend these universal principles and call on the countries of the world to respect them.
But today, our continent worries.
Speech at the plenary session in the debate on the "Resumption of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in connection with the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh"
We hear Armenia, war, Nagorno-Karabakh, and we think of this genocide always denied by the state that perpetrated it.
We, parliamentarians from across Europe committed to a rules-based global order, share serious concerns about President Trump’s plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the imminent prospect of Israeli annexation of West Bank territory. We are deeply worried about the precedent this would set for international relations at large.
She was taken aback by my interest for her country. She could not imagine that a Frenchman could be curious to know more about Austria, and as I told her that I had lived in Vienna, known Kreisky and just written a book which delved into the question of the coalition between the political right and the extreme right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), Claudia Gamon’s eyes widened with surprise.
30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many doubts are voiced. Only 38 percent of Germans would consider that reunification was a success; do divisions still exist? Do the economic gaps between the former GDR and the rest of Germany, broadly speaking, reflect the image of a two-speed Europe?
by YASCHA MOUNK - Harvard University Press 2018
Yascha Mounk’s book published last year conquers both university reading rooms, but also many other agoras of intellectuals. Only last month, I participated in two panel discussions inspired by the book - in such different places as Istanbul and Łódź. Here the reader can find a summary of the book - which I truly recommend.
