So what were Europeans telling their leaders? The general message was perfectly summed up by the cartoonist Chappatte, … - Timothy Garton Ash

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic—it makes people come to you.

Timothy Garton Ash

So what were Europeans telling their leaders? The general message was perfectly summed up by the cartoonist Chappatte, who drew a group of protesters holding up a placard shouting "Unhappy" - and one of their number shouting through a megaphone into the ballot box. There are 28 member states and 28 varieties of Unhappy.

Holding, Leader, Numbers, States, Unhappy

Same Author Quotes

Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.

Altogether, Danger, Nuclear, Proliferation, Wmd, Wmds

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.

Balance, Blessed, Communication, Cursed, Fighting, Free

The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities.

Keys, Liberty, Modern, Multiple, Survival

There is already a generation of European graduates who feel they have been robbed of the better future they were led to expect. They are members of a new class: the precariat.

Already, Class, Generations, Graduates, Members, Precariat

Starting from the ruins of the Second World War, we - all Europeans said, after centuries of fighting each other, we're going to build permanent arrangements in which peace between European countries is secured, freedom is secured, and growing prosperity. And that's what we have done over the last 70 years.

Country, Fighting, Freedom, Peace, War, Years