этот фестиваль открыл мне сторону Европы, какой я...

this festival opened to me a side of Europe that I did not know. I saw fear. From journalists, from colleagues. Fear of serious questions. And all my ideas about the space for open democratic discussion were destroyed. Everyone is afraid of the root issues, they are afraid to violate what is called political correctness. I tried to talk about the problem of refugees, about the fact that Europe runs the risk of stratifying, blurring its culture - the conversation immediately stopped. It was a serious blow for me. After all, we are held together by common principles and are used to knowing that behind our back, in the face of Europe, there is always some kind of humanitarian, intellectual reserve. This stock is no longer there. Of course, I judge by my meetings with journalists, who can be considered educated and politically sober people. And I am deeply concerned about what will happen to our common European humanitarianism. Who will stop politicians from making fatal mistakes? And I see that the public through the press can no longer stop them.