Symbols yesterday and today

The Estonian daily Postimees stresses the symbolic power of this anniversary for Europe: "Ninety years ago today the weapons on the western front fell silent, but in the East the Russian Revolution, Estonia's war of independence and various other conflicts began. In the West, however, the armistice held, and therefore this anniversary is a particularly important one there. If we look for symbols, then perhaps French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni are particularly suited to this purpose. After all, until only a few months ago the latter was an Italian citizen, and we should not forget that France and Italy were on different sides during World War I."  

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