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"Mr President, 25 years ago Polish workers and intellectuals succeeded in creating a democratic civic alternative to the rigid communist structures. Solidarność started the process of East European nations becoming genuinely free from totalitarian enslavement. The other lung of the same European homeland, to quote Pope John Paul II, started to breathe and to bring oxygen and self-respect to tens of millions of Eastern Europeans.
Poland is a symbol for Europe. It was the first victim of the alliance of Hitler and Stalin, who together launched the Second World War. The Polish nation experienced the worst of both of these dictatorships. It is not by chance perhaps that the victory of the Gdansk workers opened the way for the reunification of Europe.
I think the most significant achievement of Solidarność was its ability to unite all sectors of society. It was not possible without a moral revival, without the spiritual dimension of which a Polish pope became the embodiment, reminder and inspiration. The important message of Solidarność's victory remains how to find both strength and balance in the passionate quest for justice and the eternal spiritual values of Europe.
Listening to this message would probably help us to overcome the crisis of European identity, of which there was talk today, because Solidarność has become part of our European identity. We have an opportunity to decide on celebrating 31 August as a day of freedom and solidarity, but another date of European significance needs to be remembered. On 23 August, the date on which the Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed in 1939, we should commemorate the victims of both communism and Nazism. Only then will the famous slogan, 'Never again', also apply to the victims of communism."@en1
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