The daily ABC believes what Garzón is doing is necessary despite the massive public criticism he has received. "The arguments that speak against what Garzón is doing are not unfounded. Putting Francoism on trial is not the most sensible, not the most practical and not the cheapest thing one could do. It is true that history has already punished him, it is true that the majority of people - the voters - have other priorities. But wherever there is even one injured party left demanding compensation, he will not be satisfied with a political response. And if this injured party demands justice in a case that has not yet been brought to trial, and if we speak of crimes against humanity for which there is no statute of limitations, then we should at least regard it as legitimate if judges seek a way of finding a judicial response - that is the Garzonada [Garzón's action]." (20/10/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Irene Lozano

The Spanish daily La Razón accuses the examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón of being driven more by a craving for personal recognition than by the quest for justice: "He has suddenly turned his investigation into crimes committed during the Civil War and under Franco into summary proceedings to prevent the public prosecutors from taking action and the criminal court from coming to a decision about whether the case falls within Garzón's jurisdiction or not. With this strategy he is forcing the public prosecutor's office to take legal action against his approach and [Garzón] will be given a certain amount of time to accept or reject the action. This will allow him enough time to open a few graves and have the media take photos of him holding up the skull of [Federico] García Lorca [the Spanish poet who fell victim to political purges]. ... Over the years Baltasar Garzón has repeatedly shown us that his actions are frequently motivated by an exaggerated need for personal recognition." (20/10/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Carmen Gurruchaga

The daily die tageszeitung ponders the options for addressing the past. "Even though many of those responsible have been dead for a long time, Garzón's investigation into these 'crimes against humanity' is nonetheless important. Those left behind have been waiting far too long for justice. But addressing the past is complex. While there are many who hope that the mass graves scattered across the country will at last be opened and the remains of those who were murdered transferred to a cemetery, others do not feel comfortable with this idea. ... There is another, far more symbolic solution to keeping the memory of the terrible years of the civil war and the dictatorship alive. Instead of transferring the remains of all the victims to family graves, the mass grave of [Federico] García Lorca could serve as an example. Why don't the authorities take the initiative and set up memorials and parks wherever there are graves? This would make the terrible past much more tangible." (20/10/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Reiner Wandler

The British Minister for Immigration Phil Woolas called at the weekend for tightening up the restrictions on immigration to Britain. The liberal daily The Independent condemns this call: "So exactly what is Mr Woolas trying to achieve with this radical new approach, apparently put together in some haste? A generous interpretation would be that, as Britain teeters on the brink of recession, he is trying to pre-empt the emergence of an ugly public mood towards migrants by reinforcing the message that the Government has the situation firmly under control. A less generous interpretation would be that Mr Woolas is playing politics with fear, at a time when governments everywhere ought to be behaving with extreme sensitivity. Sadly, the new Immigration minister's boast that 'I've been brought in to be tougher and change perceptions' would seem to support the latter view." (20/10/2008)

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Więcej z przeglądu prasy na temat » Polityka wewnętrzna, » Migracja, » Wielka Brytania

The daily Le Monde comments on French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Québec: "In his speech to the National Assembly of Québec Nicolas Sarkozy found very personal and moving words to refer to the 'fraternal relationship between the French people and the people of Québec'. Just before saying this he had used a term that for a long time was a source of controversy but which the Canadian state has now come to accept: the term the 'nation of Québec'. ... The situation has changed radically since the times of [Charles] de Gaulle [French President from 1959-1969]. The advocates of Québec's independence suffered defeats in the 1980 and 1995 referendums. Relations between Paris and the former 'New France' have matured. ... Nicolas Sarkozy and Jean Charest, the Prime Minister of Québec, have signed an agreement on free movement of workers between the two countries the likes of which has never existed outside of the European Union." (19/10/2008)

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Nine months ahead of the elections to the European Parliament Sweden's political parties have already launched the election campaign. The Stockholm daily Dagens Nyheter hopes that these, the country's fourth EU elections, will finally make the transition from being protest elections to becoming a normal democratic process: "One month after the elections to the European Parliament Sweden takes over the presidency of the EU Council. ... If the Lisbon treaty is ratified it will be Sweden's responsibility to implement it. 'With the Lisbon treaty the [process of] transferring power from a national level to the level of the EU, which will have its own president and EU foreign minister, will move ahead,' write [Green politicians] Maria Wetterstrand and Ulf Holm. But Carl B Hamilton, spokesman for the Liberals on climate and energy policy, made a valid point when he noted in a press release that it would be 'naïve' to believe that EU goals can be reached despite seriously weakened EU cooperation." (20/10/2008)

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The Bulgarian domestic intelligence service and the police spent a week combing a region in western Bulgaria in an effort to uncover organised crime. The daily newspaper Dnevnik concludes that there can be no talk of the operation having enhanced the image of the struggling security authorities. "All the fuss and the rattling of guns turned into a farce - the 'Brothers' [Plamen Galev and Angel Hristov] mysteriously disappeared, only to reappear the next day with the following question for the national investigation authorities: 'What do you want from us?' Then they spent the next three days voicing their opinions about the state of the nation on all the radio stations and publishing analyses and opinion pieces in the newspapers. The funny thing is that this all happened after the prime minister had described the operation as a success. ... They know that they are untouchable and that they have won the battle against the [state power] by making it very clear that they will not give up the Dupniza model [Dupniza is a Bulgarian city] without a fight. And just so no one gets the wrong idea, this model is not a certain style of leadership, it refers to a 'state within a state'." (20/10/2008)

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The British sociologist Anthony Giddens writes in the daily La Repubblica about the controversy surrounding the issue of climate protection. "In a very short space of time environmental change has become a central public concern. ... This is certainly in part due to scientific advances, primarily the work of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But the turning point came when the issue acquired a media presence. Climate change has generated production of an enormous number of writings by scholars and journalists. The sceptics, who include the expert James Lovelock, claim that it is too late and that there is nothing we can do other than adapt ourselves to the disastrous changes. They should not be ignored, for their orthodox stance may begin to play an important role when the approach of the IPCC becomes dogmatic. ... An important role falls to the state. Doubtless the agreements of Kyoto and Bali, the goals of the EU together with ... the NGOs have great weight in the debate. But it is the state that must play a greater role in all countries and must lay down guidelines for achieving [climate] goals. The role of the state in the industrialised countries is particularly important, for it must become an avantgarde in the reduction of greenhouse gases." (20/10/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Anthony Giddens

João César das Neves writes in the daily Diário de Notícias about the disadvantages of new technological achievements: "Our fascination with the new makes us forget how destructive it can be. This paradox is evident not only in the financial crisis. There is no doubt that the Internet is one of the most benefical and productive instruments of our time. Yet when we look at all manner of websites, blogs, circulars and Power Point presentations we must ask ourselves whether all this is written in people's spare time. On the contrary: everything suggests that in most offices and public offices employees spend more time on the Internet than doing their work. ... Whether they are concerned with human rights or simply with distributing jokes and pictures, criticising politicians or chatting, one thing is certain: computers are responsible for the greatest productivity losses in many different sectors. Even many of the aspects of new technologies regarded as positive are rather dubious. ... Nowadays when someone prepares a presentation, the speech itself makes up only a very small proportion of it, while a great deal of time is spent choosing fonts, images, colours and design. ... The contribution that this makes to understanding the text is minimal, if not indeed negative. Yet such trivia are apparently now indispensable." (20/10/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » João César das Neves

The business newspaper the Financial Times comments on the situation of candidates for accession to the European Monetary Union in the wake of the financial crisis, saying Hungary and the Baltic states still need help. "A loan from the International Monetary Fund [for Hungary] may be helpful if it reins in government spending. Painful as that might be, it would bring Hungary closer to the eurozone.The Baltic states are grappling with a different set of problems. After years of strong growth, high inflation and massive current account deficits, their economies are slowing substantially. ...Provided Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania resist running over-loose fiscal policies and are not forced to devalue their currencies, the downturn should help balance their economies. As inflation comes down, euro entry comes within reach.The European Central Bank deserves credit for supporting Hungary with a loan. It should continue to take an accommodating stance as it shepherds new members into the eurozone." (20/10/2008)

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The daily Romania Libera sees the financial crisis, which has already spread to the real economy, as having had positive effects : "After the year 2000 Romania was a paradise where [only] the gold was missing. After ten years of poverty we woke up with fabulous sums of money in our pockets. We had not earned the money but borrowed it from the bank. This sudden injection of cash, which we will pay off with our salaries in the coming years, was the strongest drug the Romanian people had ever inhaled. It catapulted Romania into a completely new monetary dimension. ... Yet [through the financial crisis] employees will change their attitude. Currently there is a jobs surplus. ... This fact is the main reason why Romanian labour productivity is among the lowest in the world. ... A wave of bankruptcies and unemployment will completely change the paradigm. Saddled with credit and without any real alternatives Romanian employees may think twice about changing their jobs." (20/10/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Dan Cristian Turturica

Rudolph Cini, the Nationalist Party's candidate for the EU Parliament complains in the daily Times of Malta about the lack of women in the Maltese labour market: "A report published recently by the European Commission ... ranks Malta 25th out of the 27 EU member states when it comes to providing childcare facilities. ...The average rate of Maltese women contributing in the labour market is low compared with all the other EU member states. Only 37 per cent of women hold a full- or part-time job; the rest are inactive or taking care of their families, while the average participation of women in EU states stands at 58.3 per cent. ... More measures must be sought to encourage women to retain their employment and a balance between work and family commitments should be encouraged ... The private sector should be encouraged to follow suit and given support to allow employees to enjoy flexible working conditions aimed at retaining women in the workforce." (20/10/2008)

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Więcej z przeglądu prasy na temat » Malta
Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Rudolph Cini

The Czech-born, Paris-based author Milan Kundera allegedly reported an opponent of the communist regime to the police in Czechoslovakia in 1950. In the left-wing newspaper Népszava, István Szász writes about Kundera's work. "Betrayal, spying and collaboration with those in power are as much a central theme of Kundera's literary work as intellectual and moral opposition to power. By this I by no means intend to suggest that the emotional burden of the mistakes of his youth have accompanied Kundera his whole life long, and that this is why he made them the main theme of his books. There can be no question of that. What I mean to say is that the opposition between the individual and power and the conflict between the free spirit and an environment that denies freedom were existential experiences for Kundera. ... I believe that despite this dark story [of spying], of which we will probably never learn whether it was true or false, Milan Kundera remains one of the great writers of our times who was able to depict the absurdity of that [communist] era in such a way that he literally wrote himself into his novels and it was only there that he could find freedom." (20/10/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » István Szász

According to a survey among Flemish students only one in five wants to spend part of their study course abroad. This is an alarming trend, the daily De Standaard writes: "Barely one in five crosses the border. It's a moot point whether students in other countries are more eager to go abroad, but for Flanders these figures are definitely too low. Flanders is a nice place to live but it's far too small to be insular. It's in Flanders' interest to be open-minded. It needs a young generation that feels at home anywhere in the word. The same applies to Flemish colleges and universities as to the people of Flanders: they're nice places to be but they're too small and limited to be able to teach our students all they need to know. Universities and colleges are under obligation to make a greater effort to convince their students to go out into the world than some of them are doing now." (20/10/2008)

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Więcej z przeglądu prasy na temat » Belgia
Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Guy Tegenbos

Two years after the mysterious death of the Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya the murder trial has begun. The daily Kaleva comments on the dangers of being a journalist in Russia. "It is important to remember that this murder was not an isolated incident, but just the tip of the iceberg. Politkovskaya was well known abroad. That is why her case attracted so much attention. ... Unlike the approximately 300 other journalists who have died under mysterious circumstances in Russia since 1996. Only a few cases have been solved ..., only rarely are those responsible found and punished. ... The Russian media have problems. The main television and radio stations are mouthpieces of the Moscow government ... There is an independent press, but it is small ... It does not reach the majority of the population." (20/10/2008)

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