The Future of Eastern Europe: A Discussion with Zsuzsanna Szelényi
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The Transition to the European Union
Czechoslovakia was the creator of the post-first word board period under Benes. When they separated from the Czech Republic peacefully, that was an extraordinary momentum for many Slovaks. So these elements were really very important for some of the countries, but not necessary for all of them. For example, in Hungary, we did not have this kind of thing, even worse. A huge part, two-third of Hungary's territory was given to other states which emerged from the first word board. There are still very limited understanding in Europe, in Western Europe, about this whole region,. Despite that we are now part of the EU for 15 years and there was a lot of exchange programs
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