The events unfolding in Belarus in recent weeks have seen a sleeping nation awakening and demonstrating en masse its opposition to the “last dictator of Europe”. What answer should the rest of Europe respond with? Wojciech Przybilsky tries to find some answers.
After several months of discussions, shaken by Covid-19 crisis, the European Union is finally getting ready to embark on a large-scale debate on its future. Members of the Association Civic Tech Europe call for an ambitious and fully participatory citizens-centered Conference on the Future of Europe, that could rise to the current European challenges.
On World Humanitarian Day, Roger Casale, Secretary General of New Europeans and Nazek Ramadan, Director of Migrant Voice, reflect on Europe’s responsibility to welcome refugees and safeguard human rights in the Mediterranean.
The corona pandemic has shown that more authoritarianism is not the answer to the problems in Belarus. On the contrary. Aleksandr Lukashenka’s catastrophic handling of the crisis has created a new civil society in Europe’s last dictatorship, writes journalist Iryna Vidanava. Now there is no way back.
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