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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Kaczyński's party in for hard times
After the crash of the Polish president's aircraft near the Russian city of Smolensk his Law and Justice Party faces difficult times owing to the fact that many of its leading figures died in the accident, writes the daily Le Soir: "We have been informed that the death of Lech Kaczyński will not block the Polish state's path to presidential elections, the date of which has yet to be fixed. But there is a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the parliamentary elections in 2011. Several representatives of the Law and Justice Party led by Jaroslaw Kaczyński - twin brother of the deceased - also died in the crash. The conservatives are now facing difficult times. The part they will play in tomorrow's Poland will no doubt depend on their ability to overcome the crisis. ... So it looks like the post-Kaczyński period will see the rise of a new generation of which everyone has their very own expectations."
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The rediscovery of World War I
The daily Le Soir welcomes the fact that the general public has started commemorating World War I once more: "Approximately 20 years ago we started commemorating the war between 1914-1918 again. ... This war, which was also known as the Great War, replaced the myth of the founding of Belgium and at the same time became an alibi for the Flemish movement. Is this the rise of a new generation of historians or the glorious return of an eventful past? People are talking about the Great War. Books and films aimed at a broad public are dedicated to this topic. It is a cliché to write that history repeats itself and that those who do not acknowledge this risk are repeating the mistakes of the past. Yet World War II broke out partly because we failed to learn the lessons of World War I. The 90th anniversary of the armistice is not a celebration for those who love fireworks, but serves to remind us that peace has its price."
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