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notwiselybuttoowell · 2 years

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Petr Fiala, the Czech prime minister – whose Civic Democrat (ODS) party has long been considered climate-sceptic – told the Prima TV channel after visiting the scene that he would “have to wear blinkers and not think rationally … if I did not see that the climate is changing in a certain way and that the whole of Europe is facing fires caused by unusually high temperatures”.

That view was a far cry from the hardline climate change denialism of the former Czech prime minister and president Václav Klaus – a co-founder of Fiala’s party – who branded global warming “bogus” and called campaigners against it “a threat to freedom and economic growth”.

Other weather-related encounters in the Czech Republic have fuelled a shift in sentiment – particularly a deadly tornado that struck several villages in the south Moravia region last summer, killing six and injuring hundreds more.

Even before that, a survey conducted for Czech Radio found that 93% of Czechs accepted that climate change existed, with 86% expecting it to change the world. But in a striking contradiction, only 39% expected it to affect them personally.

Such lingering scepticism raises questions over the political will to embrace mitigating policies – doubts crystallised last month when the Czech environment minister, Anna Hubáčková, declared that cars with internal combustion engines would continue to be sold after 2035, despite an EU directive banning them in line with the bloc’s Green Deal climate package.

“The current cabinet has upheld some of the key legislation that in the long-term favours the Czech energy conglomerates benefiting from the current energy mix,” said Albin Sybera, a Czech political analyst. “There’s a reluctance to clash with the powerful lobby that has kept that mix together – and which could be undone by a greater share of renewables, for example. That’s why the main parties in the ruling coalition are reluctant to recognise the urgency to act – even in the face of a devastating fire that has destroyed swathes of the country’s most remarkable national park.”

This caution has a historical irony. Officially tolerated environmental activism under the communist dictatorship of the former Czechoslovakia is credited with having helped trigger the 1989 velvet revolution. The regime was swept from power amid a rising outcry over pollution and acid rain produced by state-run heavy industriy, which in turn destroyed much of the country’s forests.

“The visible damage to the environment disappeared in the 1990s thanks to those state industries going bankrupt, to new technology, and also to EU regulation,” said Kutilek. “The country has been busy since then trying to catch up economically with western Europe and the environment felt fine – right up until the past couple of years, when the effects of climate change began to feel obvious.”

#wildfires #czech republic #czechoslovakia #europe #european politics #european union #climate change #civic democrat

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romananananan · 5 days

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vkvh (václav klaus x václav havel)

vy znáte tolik písmenek <3

#vh #vk #fan ask

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korrektheiten · 3 months

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Ex-Präsident Václav Klaus: „Die grüne Ideologie ist gefährlich“

Ansage: »Aus der Schweiz kommend, machte die Polit-Legende Prof. Václav Klaus, ehemaliger Minister- wie auch Staatspräsident Tschechiens, Station in Linz, um sich im AUF1-Studio von Senderfrontfrau Elsa Mittmannsgruber interviewen zu lassen und erfrischenden Klartext zum Wert der Freiheit, über die EU-Politik und den “Klimawandel” zu reden. Klaus kam aus Davos – dort aber nicht vom Weltwirtschaftsforums (WEF), sondern […] The post Ex-Präsident Václav Klaus: „Die grüne Ideologie ist gefährlich“ first appeared on Ansage. http://dlvr.it/T1fGPx «

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mestankurier · 9 months

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Tož, to je mantra všech liberálních demokratů dneška... Když v červenci 2016 napsal na svůj facebook Václav Klaus mladší, že musíme opustit EU, i za cenu toho, že o třetinu zchudneme, byl z toho v médiích poprask a mainstream politici se rozčilovali: „Nevidím jinou cestu, než vypadnout z Evropské unie a tvrdě kontrolovat vlastní hranice. I za cenu, že o třetinu zchudneme,” napsal Klaus na Facebooku. Tehdejší předseda TOP09 Miroslav Kalousek reagoval takto: „Na billboardech předseda ODS Petr Fiala hlásá, že patříme na Západ, ne na Východ. Obávám se, že jeho strana tím myslí západní část východního bloku,” zareagoval Kalousek. Ani jeden z nich dnes už aktivní v politice nejsou, ale problém EU zůstal. Západní sankce proti Rusku stály evropské firmy ztráty za více jak 100 miliard €uro Evropské společnosti trpí po ukvapeném odchodu z ruského byznysu... Liberální demokraté dnes tvrdí, že "klidně ať jsme chudí, jen když porazíme Rusko"... Psali jsme zde: https://www.mestankurier.info/2023/08/08/zapadni-sankce-proti-rusku-staly-evropske-firmy-ztraty-za-vice-jak-100-miliard-euro/ Autor: TGM, 8.8.2023 www.mestankurier.info Podpořte originální nezávislou žurnalistiku! Unterstützen Sie originellen unabhängigen Journalismus! Číslo účtu / Kontonummer: 1511201888/5500 IBAN: CZ7755000000001511201888 BIC/SWIFT: RZBCCZPP Majitel účtu / Kontoinhaber: BulvarART s.r.o. / GmbH © Copyright 2023 www.mestankurier.info Podpořte originální nezávislou žurnalistiku! Unterstützen Sie originellen unabhängigen Journalismus! Číslo účtu / Kontonummer: 1511201888/5500 IBAN: CZ7755000000001511201888 BIC/SWIFT: RZBCCZPP Majitel účtu / Kontoinhaber: BulvarART s.r.o. / GmbH © Copyright 2023

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singeratlarge · 9 months

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to singer-songwriter Kip Allert, Louis Armstrong, Richard Belzer, The Billboard Hot 100 (1958), Moya Brennan [Máire Ní Bhraonáin], Terri Lyne Carrington, Dick Cummings, Herb Ellis, Frankie Ford, Václav Matyáš Gurecký, Brett S. Harrison, Elsbeary Hobbs (The Drifters), Ben Holland, Joey Huffman (Soul Asylum), Larry Knechtel, Kishore Kumar, Harry Lauder, Kenny Malone, Max Middleton, Ricky Nelson’s 1960 “Poor Little Fool” single, Cliff Nobles, Jessie Owens’s Olympic leap (1936), Pink Floyd’s 1967 PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN album, Elvis Presley’s 1956 “Hound Dog” single, Prince’s 1984 PURPLE RAIN album, David Raksin, Paul Reynolds (A Flock of Seagulls), Klaus Schulze, Maureen Starkey, Mark Stock, Timi Yuro, and my friend, a songwriter and great gospel singer Monette Newsuan. In the late 90s/early 00s we performed together frequently and recorded a flurry of projects, including her phenomenal solo album DON’T LET A DAY GO BY. She also appeared on my recordings as well as on recordings with Don Hess, The Word2Soul Project, and Davy Jones (Monkees)—who said Monette was one of his favorite singers. There are many Monette recordings I could share—she’s featured prominently on Davy Jones’s take of “When All Else Fails” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/when-all-else-fails (we had a group photo from this recording session, but I’ve regrettably lost it). Meanwhile, HB MN and God bless your ministry and lifting up your voice!

#monette #newsuan #birthday #johnfarnham #davyjones #monkees #johnnyjblair

#Monette #Newsuan #birthday #John Farnham #Davy Jones #Monkees #Johnny J Blair

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brookstonalmanac · 10 months

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Events 7.20 (after 1900)

1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile. 1906 – In Finland, a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women are the first in Europe to receive the right to vote. 1917 – World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia. 1920 – The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks. 1932 – In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government. 1934 – West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks. 1935 – Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen. 1936 – The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime. 1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations. 1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. 1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. 1949 – The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. 1950 – After a month-long campaign, the majority of North Korea's Air Force was destroyed by anti-communist forces. 1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. 1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government. 1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. 1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. 1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children). 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later. 1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War". 1974 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. 1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. 1977 – The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages. 1982 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. 1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. 1989 – Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. 1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. 1999 – The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide. 2005 – The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada. 2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance. 2015 – The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.

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jajsemvelmiprohumor · 11 months

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Bratři a sestry, prezident Pavel se vydal na oficiální cestu do Německa na motocyklu a média se mohla zbláznit. Václav Klaus, který to již dávno udělal, cestu dokonce přirovnal k fárání do dolu. Nechci se s nikým srovnávat, ale kde byla média, když já jel do Indie na slonu a do Antarktidy na tuleni?!

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viviendopraga · 1 year

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Con el fin de año se celebran los 30 años del adiós de Checoslovaquia, cuando checos y eslovacos tomaron sus propios caminos, pensando en lo mejor para cada uno de ellos. Cuando el reloj marque la medianoche del de diciembre 31 de este año y entremos en el nuevo año, la República Checa y Eslovaquia marcarán 30 años desde la fundación de sus países. Aunque no todo el mundo lo estará celebrando. La división la impulsaron principalmente dos hombres, Václav Klaus y Vladimír Mečiar. Quienes ganaron las elecciones de 1992 en sus respectivas partes de la federación. Klaus y Mečiar tenían puntos de vista diferentes sobre dos temas que habían alimentado el embrollo de Checoslovaquia poscomunista. Es decir: la velocidad de la reforma económica y el grado de autonomía que Eslovaquia debería tener en cualquier nuevo acuerdo constitucional. Después de la renuncia de Václav Havel el 20 de julio de 1992, no surgió ningún candidato adecuado para la presidencia federal. Checoslovaquia carecía ahora de un símbolo de unidad y de un defensor convincente. Por lo tanto, se asumió fácilmente, al menos en los círculos políticos, que el estado checoslovaco tendría que estar dividido. Hubo poca evidencia de entusiasmo público por la división. Pero ni Klaus ni Mečiar querían pedir a la población un veredicto a través de un referéndum. Los puntos de discordia El principal punto de discordia fue, y seguirá siendo tras 30 años del adiós de Checoslovaquia, la cuestión de si el país iba a celebrar un referéndum. Hoy es posible argumentar que la decisión de no celebrar un referéndum fue afortunada. Primero, en un país que consta de dos naciones de tamaño desigual, un referéndum, solo a nivel federal, no funcionaria. La celebración de dos referendos, uno en cada república, también fue problemática. Ya que nadie parecía saber qué pasaría si una república votara a favor de la división del país y otra en contra. Las dos repúblicas procedieron a las negociaciones de separación en una atmósfera de paz y cooperación. A finales de noviembre, los miembros de la Asamblea Nacional habían votado por la eliminación de Checoslovaquia. Ambas repúblicas promulgaron nuevas constituciones. Y a la medianoche del 31 de diciembre de 1992, después de 74 años de existencia conjunta interrumpida solo por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Checoslovaquia fue formalmente disuelta. Un año antes, las tropas soviéticas abandonaron Checoslovaquia. Cuando Checoslovaquia se disolvió, los checos creían que se dirigían hacia un futuro mejor. A pesar de lo triste que fue la separación de Checoslovaquia para muchos checos, también hubo una cierta sensación de alivio. Eslovaquia fue percibida como una carga económica y el ascenso de la estrella política Sr. Mečiar fue visto como preocupante. En seis meses, se acordó y activó un acuerdo global. Los activos móviles se distribuyeron al país donde se encontraban, los activos móviles y los activos en el exterior se distribuyeron de acuerdo con la proporción aproximada de población 2:1. Las enmiendas a los tratados internacionales firmados por Checoslovaquia fueron negociadas y firmadas muy rápidamente por ambas nuevas repúblicas, confirmando la continuación de tales tratados. En 1996, los dos países firmaron un protocolo que especifica la distribución de funciones consagradas por tratados firmados como Checoslovaquia. La separación de la moneda Inicialmente, ambos países siguieron utilizando la antigua moneda checoslovaca, la corona checoslovaca. Los temores checos de una pérdida económica provocaron la adopción de dos monedas nacionales el 8 de febrero de 1993. Al principio, las monedas tenían un tipo de cambio igual. Pero el valor de la corona eslovaca era generalmente más bajo que el de la corona checa. En el año 2004, era alrededor de un 25-27% más bajo. El 2 de agosto de 1993, ambas monedas se distinguieron por diferentes sellos que primero se colocaron y luego se imprimieron en billetes antiguos en coronas checoslovacas.

El 1 de enero de 2009, Eslovaquia adoptó el euro. Para los 30 años del adiós de Checoslovaquia todo el país iluminará sus principales edificios y se izarán las banderas de la República Checa.

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lady-nightmare · 2 years

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Timothy Snyder: W kwestii wojny w Ukrainie Europejczycy są ślepi [RELACJA OKO.press]

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The war in Ukraine is a colonial war. Europe does not understand it, because it has denied its colonial past, thus depriving itself of the perspective that would allow it to see things as they are - says the eminent American historian Timothy Snyder at the European Forum in Alpbach

“Russia must lose this war. Not only for the good of Ukrainians, which is obvious. Also for the sake of oneself and for the whole European process ”- says prof. Timothy Snyder.

The American historian analyzes over 80 years of European history to show how the omissions related to the dominant story of World War II and European integration in Europe translate into his inability to see what the Russian invasion of Ukraine is and take appropriate action accordingly .

“If Germany had captured Eastern Europe, France had not lost the Algeria war, and Belgium had retained the Congo, there would have been no European integration. It was the loss in the imperial wars that prompted the crisis-ridden European states to cooperate. That is why Russia must also lose its imperial war, ”diagnoses Snyder.

New Europe We are in Alpbach, a small town in the heart of the Tyrolean Alps, known as the "village of the thinkers". This is where people from all over Europe have come here every summer for 77 years to talk about where we are and where we are going. The forum was conceived in 1945 by two PhD students from Austrian universities, Otto Molden and Simon Moser. They wanted intellectuals and thinkers to meet far from the capitals of the European intelligence services to discuss the post-war unification of Europe.

Informal scientific conferences have over the years attracted the most famous European philosophers, politicians, sociologists and artists. Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Bloch, Indira Gandhi, Václav Klaus, Helmut Kohl, Friedrich von Hayek, Karl Popper and Władysław Bartoszewski were here. Over time, they grew into an international summer university visited by thousands of people.

Timothy Snyder gives a lecture at the session "European Unity: Challenges and Opportunities".

"Too many Europeans think that the war in Ukraine is a temporary aberration in the system," something like the Greek crisis or Brexit "- it will last for some time and will calm down, says Snyder. We'll help out there, send some weapons, humanitarian aid, and that's it. And if the war continues and we incur too high costs (rising energy prices, problems with Russian gas supplies, cold in winter), we will convince Ukraine to come to an agreement with Russia.

Snyder: "Nothing could be more wrong. Thinking like that is very dangerous. "

What prevents us from seeing “A crisis is a moment when the difficulties are so great that you start to see the world around you as it is (…). So asking if you are in crisis is not asking about the magnitude of the difficulties you face. Rather, it's a question of your ability to see what this crisis is and what the problem is, ”Snyder begins his lecture.

At this point, in his opinion, it is now Europe in connection with the war in Ukraine.

“There is a version of the history of the European Union that is comfortable and prevents us from seeing reality. It is based on the assumption that European integration was a response to the challenges of World War II and the main problems that led to it. "

According to this concept, these problems are primarily bad relations between Germany and France (including the wars in the 1870s, and then World War I and II), the great economic crisis in the 1930s and the lack of cooperation in Europe caused by the of European nations in nationalisms.

The tragic experiences of two world wars and totalitarian regimes made Europeans understand that war was going nowhere and that it was better to work together, says Snyder. In the light of this concept, European integration was therefore a process of reconciliation of European nations after centuries of wars and conflicts. Full of successes, because there has been no war in Europe since 1945.

Snyder: “I don't mean to say that this thinking is completely wrong. I would like to say that this version of history not only downplays the crisis that led to the outbreak of World War II, but also diminishes the importance of Europe for the world at that time and makes it impossible to understand the situation in which Europe is today. " What we cannot see

According to Synder, there are many overlooked parallels between the crisis that sparked World War II and the crisis that Europe finds itself in with the Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2022. According to the historian, both of these crises have three dimensions: imperial, ecological and moral. Understanding them is essential for diagnosing the current situation and planning activities.

Imperial crisis The German war in Eastern Europe was another European colonial war, a war for domination and territory. For "living space" - as Hitler wrote. At that time, Germany, as a growing European power (emerging from the economic crisis and the crisis of World War I), was no longer able to seize new territories. The overseas territories were largely parceled out. Therefore, Germany decided to fight for territories in Europe, i.e. to carry out internal colonization.

The idea of occupying the western parts of the Soviet Union, mainly Ukraine, was at that time a standard idea in line with the logic of colonial activities that European countries had been using for hundreds of years.At that time, Ukraine was of great importance - as it is today - due to the tracts of fertile lands and the potential for food production.

World War II was thus a colonial war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for domination over Ukraine. The seizure of France - from Hitler's point of view - was only an interruption on the way to the main goal, which was the capture of Eastern Europe. Thus, German-French relations were not crucial in this war.

Ecological crisis The second part of the crisis that led to World War II in Europe is the ecological crisis. “We don't notice it because it seems to us that during World War II, countries fought each other for ideological reasons. Meanwhile, that war was an environmental war, ”says Synder.

Hitler was convinced that there were not enough resources in the world and people had to compete for them. In the 1930s, Germany had a problem with food production [after the financial crisis, the gigantic import of agricultural products from the United States collapsed and Europe began to rely on itself in terms of food production]. Hitler was convinced that it was impossible to increase the productivity of European agriculture any further - he did not believe in the effectiveness of fertilizers and pesticides.

The whole beginning of Mein Kampf, says Synder, is about that: there aren't enough resources in the world, there is a struggle for them, and only the strongest, most skillful can win this war. Therefore, it is necessary to build the strongest and most efficient society by eliminating the elements that deteriorate the "quality of race" - this is, in the simplest terms, a summary of the criminal, racist theories that cost the lives of millions of Jews, Roma and other nations.

"World War II was then a war for resources, for food production, and in that sense it was an ecological conflict," says Snyder.

Moral crisis Finally, the third part of the crisis that led to World War II: the moral crisis. The crisis of democracy in the 1930s, societies succumbing to terrible fascist ideologies. In Europe, a lot of people believed then that their race was superior to others, that the Jews were to blame for everything: financial crisis, poverty, food shortages. At one point, too, almost all the leaders of European countries somehow tried to get along with Hitler.Has European integration really answered all these problems? Snyder asks. Not. "The process of European integration begins with a partial or even misdiagnosis of what the Second World War really was," the historian believes.

Our story of European integration is based on a vision of history that cuts out its most important threads. This has consequences for the perception of the Russian war in Ukraine, which will be discussed later. What we still ignore

The reason for European integration, according to Snyder, was not that Europeans realized how much they were peace-loving people. The reason for European integration was a series of defeats by European states in imperial wars - World War II was its apogee.“If Germany had captured Eastern Europe, France had not lost the Algeria war, and Belgium had retained the Congo, there would have been no European integration. It was the defeat in the imperial wars that prompted European states to cooperate, ”diagnoses Snyder.

"The history of European integration is the history of Europe's displacement of its colonial past, when in fact at the dawn of the European project there are wars lost by the European imperial powers." Putting it aside for decades has made Europe lose its ability to perceive reality and today it cannot understand what the current Russian invasion of Ukraine really is.

What, then, is the imperial, ecological and moral dimension of the current crisis in Europe? What does Snyder think we don't understand, and what conclusions are we unable to draw from it?

Imperial crisis “Russia is waging an imperial war in Ukraine. This is a war for domination, for territory, for resources. When the Russian leader says that Ukraine is not a state and Ukrainians are not a nation, he is using exactly the same rhetoric that the European colonial powers have used for 500 years, conquering Asia, Africa and America. This is nothing new, but Europeans do not recognize it because they put the imperial part of their history in parentheses and they cannot understand what it means. "

If we could see the war in Ukraine from the perspective of European colonial experiences, we would understand that:For there to be peace, Russia must lose its imperial war. This is not a Russo-Ukrainian war, this is an imperial invasion of the European backyard. Nobody in Europe should have any doubts that Europe should win this war.

If we had listened to Vladimir Putin with the history of colonialism, racism and World War II in mind, it would be easier for us to diagnose the future intentions and goals that Russia would want to achieve with this war. Vladimir Putin consistently uses the rhetoric of the far-right, which considers one of the main crises of the present to be the mixing of different ethnic groups and the blurring of the "purity of the white race".

"According to Putin, there are too few white Russians in Russia," says Snyder.

If you look at what Russia is doing in Ukraine: mass deportations of women and children into Russia, rape, which is a systematic method of destroying the nation, we will see in it attempts to respond to a similar crisis to the one envisioned by Hitler: the need to strengthen the nation, to ensure its survival, the need to compete for resources.

Ecological crisis The European crisis related to the war in Ukraine also has an obvious ecological dimension. This war is possible because for years Putin, the raw material oligarch, has made Europe dependent - at his own request - on Russian energy resources.

But it is not everything. Raw material oligarchs such as Vladimir Putin pretend that there is no global warming, that this is nonsense invented by liberal democrats. In fact, however, what they say suggests that they take climate change very seriously. Change creates a temptation to think about the world as Hitler thought of it: that it is a world of limited resources for which races, and today cultural circles, must compete. According to Putin, the white world of Christian believers competes with the Muslim world for these resources.

There is also a thread of hunger. Today, Russia is blocking the export of Ukrainian grain to Asia and Africa, and therefore people will starve there and it will be possible to blame Europe for it - this is another variant of the ecological war. During World War II, it was also about Ukrainian grain - Germany and the USSR fought each other over who would gain access to it.

Moral crisis The moral crisis of modern Europe is not only that we were unable to perceive all of this, because we were displacing important parts of our history. It is also about the fact that over the past two decades Europe has been bargaining with Putin, building his advantage, which he is now using.

Moreover, today, as in the Europe of the 1930s, a large part of public opinion is being deceived by Russian propaganda and disinformation. And the latter accusing the Ukrainian authorities of Nazism, claiming that Ukraine is a Nazi state, takes the language that was used to make moral judgments and uses it completely in reverse. Many of us believe this.If we were able to see this war from this broader perspective, we would understand that the issue of supplying weapons to Ukraine should not be subject to any doubts, because it is a war of Europe, not America - emphasizes Snyder.

What is the result of all this? Europe is in a deep crisis and “a crisis is a moment when the difficulties are so great that you start to see the world around you as it is (…). So asking if you are in crisis is not asking about the magnitude of the difficulties you face. It is rather a question about your ability to see what this crisis is and what the problem is, ”Snyder said at the beginning of the lecture.

“Russia must lose this war. Not only for the sake of Ukrainians, which is obvious, but also for the sake of themselves and the entire European process. We have seen on many occasions that the process of European integration depended on the failure of large states to win their wars. If Russia wins the war in 2022, this trend will be interrupted. Imperialism will return to Europe and the history of the European Union as we know it may end. "

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