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<p>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.</p>
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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.

Neighbourhood Policy vs. Remembrance Policy: Romania and Hungary

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Department of International Relations and European Studies

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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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...

Neighbourhood Policy vs. Remembrance Policy: Romania and Hungary

Published Online: Nov 15, 2021

Page range: 40 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2021-0003

Keywords
neighbourhood (policy), Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary, Romania, remembrance policy, memorials

© 2021 Barna Bodó, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Neighbourhood Policy vs. Remembrance Policy: Romania and Hungary

Published Online: Nov 15, 2021

Page range: 40 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2021-0003

Keywordsneighbourhood (policy), Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary, Romania, remembrance policy, memorials

© 2021 Barna Bodó, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
neighbourhood (policy), Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary, Romania, remembrance policy, memorials