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Thereis one of the big differences with 1968: the sleaziness, the personal attacks, the lies and the smears. (Photo: Author)

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Is 2025 the '1968 revolution' again — but in reverse?

Since Sunday (1 June) when Poland again elected a far-right president, one question is back again in Europe: are we living through another '1968’ but in the opposite direction?

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from a column in NRC: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/07/05/1968-en-2024-twee-compleet-andere-utopieen-a4858898

Thereis one of the big differences with 1968: the sleaziness, the personal attacks, the lies and the smears. (Photo: Author)

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Author Bio

Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from a column in NRC: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/07/05/1968-en-2024-twee-compleet-andere-utopieen-a4858898

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