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A symbol of hope for Europe

24 January 2025

7:45 PM

24 January 2025

7:45 PM

Considering the way history has been going for the past quarter of a century, it seems not merely Panglossian but naive and sentimental to the point of bad taste to find grounds for historical optimism now. Nevertheless, positive facts ought to be recognized as well as negative, and without embarrassment.

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