The democratic countries must courageously show a willingness to apply the principles on which their internal system is based to the global sphere
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Krzysztof BobinskiKrzysztof Bobiński is the president of Unia & Polska, a pro-European think-tank in Warsaw. He was the Financial Times’s Warsaw correspondent (1976-2000) and later published Unia & Polska magazine. He writes for European Voice and is an associate editor on the Europe section of Europe’s World Recent articlesThe Caucasus effect: Europe unblocked The aftershocks of the Caucasus war are provoking European governments into surprising and even imaginative reactions. Turkey and Ukraine are at the heart of the process, says Krzysztof Bobinsk. (This article was first published on 15 September 2008) Europe’s coal-mine, Ireland’s canaryThe Irish "no" to the Lisbon treaty is reverberating across the European Union. The implications are especially serious for Poland, says Krzysztof Bobinski - but Europe as a whole must face the political consequences Poland’s generational shiftThe electoral drama in Poland is both echo and augury of the country's political transformation, says Krzysztof Bobinski in Warsaw. The Polish confusionWarsaw's blocking approach to European cooperation weakens the European Union and damages Poland itself, says Krzysztof Bobinski. European unity: reality and mythA return to the origins of European integration in the 1940s-50s reveals a more complex story than the official celebrations allow, says Krzysztof Bobinski. |
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