By Olga Hajflerová 1
One of the main slogans of the Czechoslovakia´s „Velvet revolution“ might be a fitting label when one thinks of the current crisis in European unity and the challenges for its integrity. When one steps back and looks at the current immigration crisis from a greater distance and context, it is possible to discern some general principles that characterize the EU which also suggest possible remedies. Lire la suite
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- Olga Hajflerová (Čechurová) is a former civil and political activist and a Czech diplomat. A civil activist since before the Czechoslovak “Velvet Revolution” of 1989, then an activist of the non-violent Transnational Radical Party which she also represented at the UN in Geneva. After joining the Czech Foreign Service in 1999, she dealt with the human rights and democracy support agenda in different positions including at the Czech EU Representation in Brussels. Currently on a temporary leave.