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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Wlodzimierz Borodziej on the Kaczynskis' ideological heritage
Historian Wlodzimierz Borodziej examines whether Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and President Lech Kaczynski can be described as "conservative modernisers". "Not really," he concludes, "because the Kaczynski brothers fall into the same category as a long line of Polish politicians to whom this label does not apply. From the old Polish right - the national democracy exterminated by the Germans and Soviets during the Second World War - they inherited their nationalist brand of Darwinism: Poland could only exist as a great power because the European conglomeration of states is like a jungle. The idea of a 'united Poland', on the other hand, is more the legacy of the socialist left the Kaczynskis are so fond of referring to... At this point the two halves of their ideological heritage fused into one whole, which however required some time to bring them to power. There have been many attempts to explain why almost everywhere in Central Eastern Europe it has taken so long for anti-Western socialist-nationalist trends to come to the fore. Only once a country became a member of the EU could one say and do with impunity those things that would have endangered the goal of achieving EU membership during one's candidacy."
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An appeal to reason in German-Polish relations
Scientists and journalists have called on the people of Germany and Poland to "exercise a sense of responsibility and reason" in the relations between the two states. The newspaper publishes a shortened version of the "Kopernikus Group's" appeal. "We are concerned by the unwarranted outburst of emotions regarding German-Polish relations over the past weeks. The way in which negative feelings have been overemphasized in public life contradicts the ideals of commendable persons in both Poland and Germany who have seen it as their duty to use their experiences with war and terrorist policies to improve German-Polish relations… Germans and Poles should realise they have more in common than they are given credit for by politicians with an anachronistic approach to relations between the two nations."
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