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Neighbourhood Policy vs. Remembrance Policy: Romania and Hungary
Neighbourhood Policy vs. Remembrance Policy: Romania and Hungary

Author(s): Barna Bodó
Subject(s): Nationalism Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: neighbourhood (policy); Central and Eastern Europe; Hungary; Romania; remembrance policy; memorials;

Summary/Abstract: In East-Central Europe, the past has always been a determining factor as a framework for interpretation: the social construction of the past often serves (served) current political purposes. It is no wonder that in the countries of the region, often different, sometimes contradictory interpretations of the past have emerged. In today’s European situation, however, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are perhaps most keenly faced by the transformation of Europe, with unclear, chaotic ideas dominating political and intellectual markets instead of previous (accepted) values – in the tension between old and new, Europe’s future is at stake. The question is: what role the states of Central and Eastern Europe play/can play, to what extent they will be able to place the neighbourhood policy alongside (perhaps in front of) the policy of remembrance and seek common answers to Europe’s great dilemmas.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 40-54
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English