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FEPS Statement of Solidarity with the people of Norway

The Foundation for European Progressive Studies wishes to express solidarity and sympathy with the people […]
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22/07/2011

The Foundation for European Progressive Studies wishes to express solidarity and sympathy with the people of Norway after the tragedy on 22 July when a fra-right sympathiser murdered 69 young social democratic activists on the Norwegian island of Utoya. As a society known for its tolerance, egalitarianism and democratic values, it is all the more disturbing to see Norway becoming a victim of the malignant scourge of extremism.

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