How nationalisms can undermine,
inside and outside European borders, and how, likewise, the
Western liberal-democratic project constitutes an outcome that
is not necessarily a foregone conclusion for Polish public
opinion, will be discussed on may 15 starting at 5:30 p.m. at
the 'Luigi Einaudi' foundation in Rome. Introducing the
proceedings will be the foundation's secretary general, Andrea
Cangini. Guest speaker, starting with his latest essay 'Polonia
restituta' (Il Mulino, 312 pp, 25 euro), will be Daniele Stasi,
professor at the University of Foggia, Rzeszów and Warsaw.
Discussing with him will be Renata Gravina, professor at
Sapienza and researcher at the 'Einaudi' foundation, and Gaetano
Quagliariello, professor at Luiss and president of the 'Magna
Carta' foundation.
After their historic success in last October's elections,
Poland's liberals face internal issues, such as the stable
prevalence of euroskeptic nationalists in regional elections and
polls, and the tug-of-war with President of the Republic Duda.
The newfound relationship of cooperation and trust with the EU
may not be enough for Poland to close accounts with internal
anti-European tendencies that find a foothold outside national
borders in Belarus and especially Putin's Russia, whose ominous
presence seems evident, not least as a result of the Ukrainian
tragedy.
According to professor Gravina, "the debate at the Einaudi
foundation will aim to address the knot of nationalism from the
perspective of contemporary history and the history of Polish
political thought and to transit that knot of European thought
in terms of the implication it has on current affairs".
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