FDSC sustine Apelul din Europa Centrala: aproape 100 de personalitati din regiune solicita solidaritate efectiva cu refugiatii care bat la portile Europei

Ne confruntam cu o criza umanitara extrem de severa. Sute de mii de refugiati din Orientul Mijlociu si Africa incearca sa ajunga in Europa in cautarea sigurantei, a sperantei si a sansei de a duce o viata normala. Nu demult, noi eram cei care bateau la portile Europei.

Nu trebuie sa le refuzam acordarea ajutorului nostru. Din pacate, sunt multi in regiune care nu sunt de acord cu acest lucru. Dupa 1989, in comunitatea europeana au existat dubii cu privire la capacitatea tarilor din Europa Centrala - de la tarile baltice pana la Romania si Bulgaria - de a se integra in vest, din cauza istoriei, traditiilor politice si a situatiei economice. Totusi, partea noastra de Europa nu a fost principala sursa de probleme pentru Uniune in aceast deceniu dificil. cauza principala care ameninta UE in acest deceniu dificil nu a venit din aceasta parte a Europei. 

Astazi reapare ruptura in cadrul Europei unite. De data aceasta, ruptura are o dimensiune morala. Intr-adevar, nu suntem responsabili pentru instabilitatea si colapsul tarilor de origine ale refugiatilor. Nu noi suntem cei care le-am transformat in tari dominate de frica neintrerupta, in care oamenii risca moartea violenta si in care viata este “solitara, saraca, cruda si scurta”. Spre deosebire de fostele puteri coloniale si imperiale care au gazduit dupa cel de-al II-lea Razboi Mondial un numar mare de imigranti, noi avem putina experienta in a co-exista cu omeni de culturi diferite din tari indepartate.

Cu toate acestea, ca fiinte umane, avem datoria de a manifesta compasiune si de a le oferi asistenta. Aceasta este de asemenea datoria noastra de europeni: comunitatea europeana a fost intemeiata pe principiul solidaritatii. Nu trebuie sa refuzam astazi nici sa ne asumam responsabilitatile comune din cadrul Uniunii, nici sa ignoram suferinta umana si situatia tarilor celor mai afectate de valul in crestere al migratiei.

Refuzand sa ajutam, negam de fapt ideea de solidaritate europeana. Mai mult, minimizam solidaritatea pe care alte natiuni le-au aratat-o propriilor noastre tari. Astfel, erodam temeliile pe care, in ultimii 25 de ani, ne-am cladit siguranta, perspectivele de dezvoltare si sperantele de a depasi traumele istorice ale razboiului, dominatiei straine si saraciei. 

In numele umanitatii noastre, in baza principiilor si valorilor noastre, apelam la autoritatile publice si cetatenii din regiune sa manifeste o solidaritate efectiva cu refugiatii, astfel incat acestia din urma sa gaseasca in mijlocul nostru un adapost si sa se poata bucura de libertatea de a isi determina propriul viitor.   

Invitam pe aceasta cale toate persoanele dornice sa sustina aceasta cauza sa semneze aceasta petitie, adaugand datele in formularul accesibil AICI.

S-au alaturat pana acum, la nivel european:

1. Bronisław Komorowski, president of Poland from 2010 to 2015
2. Aleksander Kwaśniewski, president of Poland from 1995 to 2005
3. Jerzy Baczyński, editor-in-chief of the „Polityka” weekly, Poland
4. Gordon Bajnai, former prime minister, Hungary
5. Mirosław Bałka, sculptor, Poland
6. Zuzana Bargerova, lawyer, Human Rights League, Slovakia
7. Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist, University of Leeds, Poland-Great Britain
8. Igor Blaževič, founder of One World Festival
9. Uldis Bērziņš, poet and interpreter, Latvia
10. Henryka Bochniarz, president of Konfederacja Lewiatan, Poland
11. Michał Boni, member of European Parliament, former minister of administration and digitalization, Poland
12. Marek Borowski, senator, former finance minister, vice prime minister and Marshal of the Sejm
13. Bogdan Borusewicz, marshall of the Senate, Poland
14. Martin Bútora, sociologist, adviser to the president, Slovakia
15. Bogusław Chrabota, editor-in-chief of the „Rzeczpospolita” daily, Poland
16. Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, former prime minister, Poland
17. Liudas Dapkus, deputy editor-in-chief of the “Lietuvos rytas” daily, Lithuania
18. Aleš Debeljak, poet and essayist, Slovenia
19. Pavol Demeš, former minister of foreign affairs, Slovakia
20. Tibor Dessewffy, president of DEMOS Hungary, Hungary
21. Ivaylo Ditchev, professor of social science, writer, Bulgaria
22. Magda Faltová, director,  Association for Integration and Migration, Czech Republic
23. Władysław Frasyniuk, former dissident and member of parliament, Poland
24. Rajko Grlić, director, Croatia
25. István Gyarmati, diplomat, Hungary
26. Tomáš Halík, theologian and writer, Czech Republic
27. Agnes Heller, philosopher, Hungary
28. Agnieszka Holland, director, Poland
29. Štefan Hríb, editor-in-chief, “.týždeň.” weekly, Slovakia
30. Michal Hvorecký, writer, Slovakia
31. Ivars Ījabs, political scientist, Latvia
32. Josef Jařab, former senator, rector emeritus of Palacký University in Olomous, Czech Republic
33. Leszek Jażdżewski, editor-in-chief of the „Liberté!” quarterly, Poland
34. Jerzy Jedlicki, historian of ideas, former dissident, Poland
35. Jana Juráňová, writer, Slovakia
36. Aleksander Kaczorowski, journalist and essayist, Poland
37. Éva Karádi, editor-in chief of the „Magyar Lettre Internationale” quarterly, Hungary
38. Dávid Korányi, former undersecretary of state, deputy director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Hungary-United States
39. János Kornai, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University and Corvinus
    University of Budapest, Hungary
40. András Kováts, director, Menedék - Hungarian Association for Migrants, Hungary
41. Dominika Kozłowska, editor-in-chief of the „Znak” monthly, Poland
42. Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
43. Marcin Król, historian of ideas, University of Warsaw, Poland
44. Andrius Kubilius, former prime minister, Lithuania
45. Jarosław Kuisz, editor-in-chief of the “Kultura Liberalna” internet weekly, Poland
46. Ewa Kulik-Bielińska, director of the Stefan Batory Foundation, chairman of the European Foundation Centre
47. Tomasz Lis, editor-in-chief of the „Newsweek Polska” weekly, Poland
48. Ondřej Liška, former minister of education, chairman of the Green Party, Czech Republic
49. Ewa Łętowska, former ombudsman, Poland
50. Vita Matiss, political analyst, essayist, Latvia
51. Jiří Menzel, director, Czech Republic
52. Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief of the „Gazeta Wyborcza” daily, Poland
53. Piotr Mucharski, editor-in-chief of the “Tygodnik Powszechny” weekly, Poland
54. Alvydas Nikžentaitis, president of Lithuanian National Historians Committee, Lithuania
55. Zbigniew Nosowski, editor-in-chief of the „Więź” monthly , Poland
56. Janina Ochojska, president of Polish Humanitarian Action, Poland
57. Andrzej Olechowski, former finance minister and minister of foreign affairs, Poland
58. Jurica Pavičić, writer, Croatia
59. Marta Pardavi, co-chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungary
60. Solomon Passy, former minister of foreign affairs, Bulgaria
61. Jiří Pehe, political scientist and writer, Czech Republic
62. Petr Pithart, former prime minister, Czech Republic
63. Adam Pomorski, president of the Polish PEN Club, Poland
64. Wojciech Przybylski, editor-in-chief “Respublica Nowa” and “Eurozine”, Austria-Poland
65. László Rajk jr., architect, designer and political activist, Hungary
66. Rein Raud, author and cultural theorist, Estonia
67. Adam Daniel Rotfeld, former minister of foreign affairs, Poland
68. Martin Rozumek, director, Organization for Aid to Refugees, Czech Republic
69. Andrzej Seweryn, theatre actor and director, Poland
70. Sławomir Sierakowski, director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Poland
71. Martin Milan Šimečka, writer, journalist, Slovakia-Czech Republic
72. Marta Šimečková, journalist, interpreter, Slovakia
73. Karel Schwarzenberg, former minister of foreign affairs, Czech Republic
74. Aleksander Smolar, chairman of the Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland
75. Ladislav Snopko, playwright, former minister of culture, Slovakia
76. Andrzej Stasiuk, writer, Poland
77. Petruška Šustrová, former dissident, Czech Republic
78. Jerzy Szacki, sociologist, University of Warsaw, Poland
79. Małgorzata Szczęśniak, set designer, Poland
80. Monika Sznajderman, editor, Wydawnictwo Czarne, Poland
81. Soňa Szomolányi, political scientist and sociologist, Slovakia
82. Erik Tabery, editor-in-chief of the „Respekt” weekly, Czech Republic
83. Béla Tarr, director, Hungary
84. Stefan Tafrov, diplomat, human rights activist, Bulgaria
85. Vesna Teršelič, director of Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past, Slovenia
86. Róża von Thun und Hohenstein, member of European Parliament, Poland
87. Dubravka Ugrešić, poet and essayist, Croatia
88. Rimvydas Valatka, journalist, former member of parliament, Lithuania
89. Magdaléna Vášáryová, member of parliament, Slovakia
90. Tomas Venclova, poet, Lithuania
91. Krzysztof Warlikowski, theatre director, Poland
92. Jakub Wygnański, chairman of the board, Unit for Social Innovation and Research – Shipyard, Poland
93. Adam Zagajewski, poet and essayist, University of Chicago, Poland-United States
94. Péter Zilahy, writer, Hungary
95. Andrzej Zoll, former president of the Constitutional Tribunal, Poland