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The Cycle of Abuse, or a Grimace on the Face of New Europe?

Oct 08, 2009
By Leonidas Donskis

July 14, 2009 – an historic date that indicates two hundred and twenty years from the beginning of the French Revolution. One would expect a celebration of the date, trying to embrace the new reality of Europe, first and foremost, its unique and historically unprecedented solidarity. One would think that that day marked the reconciliation of Europe, the Old and the New, to use Donald Rumsfeld’s parlance – especially in the light of the election of the Polish MEP Jerzy Buzek, the former prime min ...

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