Estonia: Almost extinguished, successfully reborn
The following text is the shortest possible review to help inform friends and guests from abroad about Estonia’s experience with foreign occupation and totalitarianism as well as its road to peacefully re-establishing national inde-pendence on the basis of democracy. Tunne Kelam Member of the European Parliament
The following text is the shortest possible review to help inform friends and guests from abroad about Estonia’s experience with foreign occupation and totalitarianism as well as its road to peacefully re-establishing national inde-pendence on the basis of democracy.
Tunne Kelam
Member of the European Parliament
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ESTONIA:<br />
<strong>Almost</strong><br />
<strong>extinguished</strong>,<br />
<strong>successfully</strong><br />
<strong>reborn</strong><br />
Dear Reader<br />
The following text is the <strong>Estonia</strong>n chapter from the book<br />
“The Reunification of Europe: Anti-totalitarian Courage<br />
and Political Renewal”, first published in 2009 by the<br />
European Peoples’ Party group in the European Parliament.<br />
It was my honour as the <strong>Estonia</strong>n member of the EPP<br />
Group since 2004 to initiate the publication of this survey<br />
which includes for the first time in one volume historical<br />
accounts of ten Central and Eastern European nations.<br />
These are the European nations that were cut off from their<br />
normal historic relations from the rest of Europe by the<br />
Soviet Union. Until 1989, they all endured the devastating<br />
effects of the communist totalitarian system and then finally<br />
succeeded to be reunited with democratic Europe.<br />
“The Reunification of Europe” has been translated into<br />
German, French, Polish, Spanish, Slovenian and Romanian.<br />
This book is now available only via internet: (https://issuu.<br />
com/eppgroup/docs/the_reunification_of_europe_3rd_edi)<br />
as all hard copies have been distributed.<br />
The following text is the shortest possible review to help<br />
inform friends and guests from abroad about <strong>Estonia</strong>’s<br />
experience with foreign occupation and totalitarianism as<br />
well as its road to peacefully re-establishing national independence<br />
on the basis of democracy.<br />
Tunne Kelam<br />
Member of the European Parliament<br />
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