Are the changes in values in the EU Member States threatening the cohesion of the Union? Values in a democratic society like ours are about an interplay between the individual citizen and the social organization and its leaders. There is also a constant interplay between the Member States and their organization, the EU. The values that permeated the communist system have left their mark in several Eastern and Central European countries, and this is perhaps most noticeable in Poland and Hungary. Could the now constantly diverging values of these nations threaten the future of the entire Union? Can the EU withstand ideological pressure?
The anthology examines, among other things, Poland and Hungary's "march towards the abyss", as the author puts it, and shows the principles of the rule of law as a prerequisite for peace and security. Have Russian cyber operations, which are affecting the ideological structure of the EU, changed the liberal democratic principles that have permeated Western Europe in modern times?
Will the EU institutions withstand the strong political pressure? That is the core question of this paper, whose authors are Prof. Kristian Gerner, former UN Assistant Secretary-General Hans Corell, Dr. Carolina Vendil-Pallin, Prof. Magnus Jerneck and Prof. Rutger Lindahl, and former Director-General Björn Körlof, who was also responsible for the project.
The foreword is written by former Prime Minister and Speaker of the Parliament, Ph.D. Björn von Sydow. The anthology is part of the report of the Academy of War Sciences' project SES – Security in Tomorrow's Europe – Swedish Perspectives.
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