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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Agu Uudelepp on the greatness of Estonia
The desire for greatness prompts Agu Uudelepp to ask in the daily Postimees what makes Estonians stand out among the peoples of Europe: "We too reflect on how we can feel grand as a nation. But it is not easy to find a way to do that. We cannot call ourselves a cradle of Western culture and democracy like Greece. And we have never built up an empire or ruled like the Italians as descendants of the Ancient Romans or the British as a nation of seafarers in whose empire the sun had never set - even when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne. The Estonians have never won major battles like the French or the Venetians, and they've never had their own kingdom like the Poles or the Lithuanians. Nor can you find here at home philosphers or scientists who've moved the world, like the German ones did. So what remains? As we Estonians are also not above the desire for grandeur, the only possibility left open to us is to turn to culture. Our poets and personalities help us Estonians to define ourselves as a nation and to bolster our self-confidence."
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More from the press review on the subject » Literature, » Public Culture, » Cultural Policy, » History, » Remembrance culture, » Culture, » Estonia
European elections: Karlsson-on-the-Roof fishes for votes
The daily Eesti Päevaleht finds the campaign for the European elections above all rather ridiculous: "The election campaign puts citizens in mind of the 'Karlsson-on-the-Roof' [series of children's books by Astrid Lindgren]. However not just because all the candidates were rather fat men in their prime, but because they all claim to be the best in the world. … Therefore voters have no option but to look for a peephole in the garden fence. The cheat sheet with the questions for election day is thus extremely simple and contains just three questions: Does the party talk about issues that are actually on the agenda in the EU parliament? Can the promises really be fulfilled in the EU parliament? Does the person who ends up going to Brussels really have the skills to negotiate at an international level, and is he taken seriously?"
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