EU Values: Under the Microscope
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Slavoj Žižek – Slovenia
Human rights ultimately are simply the right to violate the Ten Commandments.
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Human rights ultimately are simply the right to violate the Ten Commandments.
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Slavoj Žižek – Slovenia | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Human rights ultimately are simply the right to violate the Ten Commandments.
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May 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Slavoj Žižek – Slovenia
Human rights ultimately are simply the right to violate the Ten Commandments.
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Human rights ultimately are simply the right to violate the Ten Commandments.
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Dalia Grybauskaite – Lithuania
Time and time again we have no courage to enforce the rules that we ourselves create. We draw red lines in the sand and then pretend they don’t exist. This has to change.
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Time and time again we have no courage to enforce the rules that we ourselves create. We draw red lines in the sand and then pretend they don’t exist. This has to change.
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Dalia Grybauskaite – Lithuania | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Time and time again we have no courage to enforce the rules that we ourselves create. We draw red lines in the sand and then pretend they don’t exist. This has to change.
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May 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Dalia Grybauskaite – Lithuania
Time and time again we have no courage to enforce the rules that we ourselves create. We draw red lines in the sand and then pretend they don’t exist. This has to change.
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Time and time again we have no courage to enforce the rules that we ourselves create. We draw red lines in the sand and then pretend they don’t exist. This has to change.
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Seneca – Spain
Death equalizes everyone: we are born unequal, we die equal.
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Death equalizes everyone: we are born unequal, we die equal.
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Seneca – Spain | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Death equalizes everyone: we are born unequal, we die equal.
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May 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Seneca – Spain
Death equalizes everyone: we are born unequal, we die equal.
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Death equalizes everyone: we are born unequal, we die equal.
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Constantinos Ioannou – Cyprus
Democracy is not an abstract notion. It is a force driven by the people to bring prosperity and quality in their lives.
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Democracy is not an abstract notion. It is a force driven by the people to bring prosperity and quality in their lives.
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Constantinos Ioannou – Cyprus | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Democracy is not an abstract notion. It is a force driven by the people to bring prosperity and quality in their lives.
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May 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Constantinos Ioannou – Cyprus
Democracy is not an abstract notion. It is a force driven by the people to bring prosperity and quality in their lives.
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Democracy is not an abstract notion. It is a force driven by the people to bring prosperity and quality in their lives.
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Charles Michel – Belgium
Europe means freedom, tolerance, openness, diversity, respect, innovation, creativity, dynamism. Europe is also about solidarity and unity. Europe, it’s you, it’s us, it’s all of us together.
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Europe means freedom, tolerance, openness, diversity, respect, innovation, creativity, dynamism. Europe is also about solidarity and unity. Europe, it’s you, it’s us, it’s all of us together.
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Charles Michel – Belgium | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Europe means freedom, tolerance, openness, diversity, respect, innovation, creativity, dynamism. Europe is also about solidarity and unity. Europe, it’s you, it’s us, it’s all of us together.
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May 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Charles Michel – Belgium
Europe means freedom, tolerance, openness, diversity, respect, innovation, creativity, dynamism. Europe is also about solidarity and unity. Europe, it’s you, it’s us, it’s all of us together.
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Europe means freedom, tolerance, openness, diversity, respect, innovation, creativity, dynamism. Europe is also about solidarity and unity. Europe, it’s you, it’s us, it’s all of us together.
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Elie Wiesel – Romania
When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
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When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
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Elie Wiesel – Romania | EU Values: Under the Microscope
When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
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May 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Elie Wiesel – Romania
When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
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When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
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Weekly Reflection – John Hulsey
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Weekly Reflection – John Hulsey | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Among the quotes for this week, the statement from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán jumps off the page. “If we turn against the institutions of multi-party parliamentary democracy, then something else will...
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May 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Weekly Reflection – John Hulsey
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Mary Robinson – Ireland
The aim of human rights . . . is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and talking about the foundation stones – to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch, together.
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The aim of human rights . . . is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and talking about the foundation stones – to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch, together.
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Mary Robinson – Ireland | EU Values: Under the Microscope
The aim of human rights . . . is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and talking about the foundation stones – to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch,...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mary Robinson – Ireland
The aim of human rights . . . is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and talking about the foundation stones – to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch, together.
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The aim of human rights . . . is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and talking about the foundation stones – to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch, together.
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Hugo Krabbe – Netherlands
We no longer live under the authority of persons . . . but under the rule of laws. This is the essence of the modern idea of the state.
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We no longer live under the authority of persons . . . but under the rule of laws. This is the essence of the modern idea of the state.
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Hugo Krabbe – Netherlands | EU Values: Under the Microscope
We no longer live under the authority of persons . . . but under the rule of laws. This is the essence of the modern idea of the state.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hugo Krabbe – Netherlands
We no longer live under the authority of persons . . . but under the rule of laws. This is the essence of the modern idea of the state.
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We no longer live under the authority of persons . . . but under the rule of laws. This is the essence of the modern idea of the state.
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EP establishes a "European Order of Merit." Will "honour the achievements of individuals who have made a significant contribution to European integration or to the promotion and defence of the values enshrined in the Treaties." Great chance to promote/consolidate all Article 2 values.
May 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
EP establishes a "European Order of Merit." Will "honour the achievements of individuals who have made a significant contribution to European integration or to the promotion and defence of the values enshrined in the Treaties." Great chance to promote/consolidate all Article 2 values.
Ināra Mūrniece – Latvia
Justice and social equality must be like sunlight that shines equally brightly over those who strut on polished hardwood floors and those who tread uneven cobblestones. This is the way to build public trust and strengthen the state.
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Justice and social equality must be like sunlight that shines equally brightly over those who strut on polished hardwood floors and those who tread uneven cobblestones. This is the way to build public trust and strengthen the state.
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Ināra Mūrniece – Latvia | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Justice and social equality must be like sunlight that shines equally brightly over those who strut on polished hardwood floors and those who tread uneven cobblestones. This is the way to build public...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ināra Mūrniece – Latvia
Justice and social equality must be like sunlight that shines equally brightly over those who strut on polished hardwood floors and those who tread uneven cobblestones. This is the way to build public trust and strengthen the state.
sites.lib.jmu.edu/euvalues/202...
Justice and social equality must be like sunlight that shines equally brightly over those who strut on polished hardwood floors and those who tread uneven cobblestones. This is the way to build public trust and strengthen the state.
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Viktor Orbán – Hungary
If we turn against the institutions of multi-party parliamentary democracy, then something else will happen in Hungary instead… Every other system apart from parliamentary democracy necessarily leads to the loss of individual freedom.
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If we turn against the institutions of multi-party parliamentary democracy, then something else will happen in Hungary instead… Every other system apart from parliamentary democracy necessarily leads to the loss of individual freedom.
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Viktor Orbán – Hungary | EU Values: Under the Microscope
If we turn against the institutions of multi-party parliamentary democracy, then something else will happen in Hungary instead… Every other system apart from parliamentary democracy necessarily leads...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Viktor Orbán – Hungary
If we turn against the institutions of multi-party parliamentary democracy, then something else will happen in Hungary instead… Every other system apart from parliamentary democracy necessarily leads to the loss of individual freedom.
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If we turn against the institutions of multi-party parliamentary democracy, then something else will happen in Hungary instead… Every other system apart from parliamentary democracy necessarily leads to the loss of individual freedom.
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Ventseslav Konstantinov – Bulgaria
Freedom of thought makes unnecessary the thought of freedom.
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Freedom of thought makes unnecessary the thought of freedom.
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Ventseslav Konstantinov – Bulgaria | EU Values: Under the Microscope
Freedom of thought makes unnecessary the thought of freedom.
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May 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ventseslav Konstantinov – Bulgaria
Freedom of thought makes unnecessary the thought of freedom.
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Freedom of thought makes unnecessary the thought of freedom.
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