European CommissionJan 10

80 years ago, the UN General Assembly started with a dream: to maintain peace and security in the world.

The good?
Eight decades without World War III.

Where do we stand today?
It’s complicated.

But in a world of 8 billion people, it’s the only room where everyone gets a seat.

80 years ago, we chose dialogue over force.
Today, we must choose it again.

Show threadPatrick
@EUCommission I just talked about 80 years of peace in Europe with my kids. It's unique for Europe to live in peace that long. But maybe that's also the reason we ignore the suffering caused by war as no one is around anymore telling you stories about how it was 80 years ago.
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Show threadThin MaxJan 10
@lordkhan @EUCommission ex-Yugoslavia disagree with your "80 years of peace"
Show threadPatrickJan 10
@thinmax @EUCommission no offense intended, sorry for that! For the time being Yugoslavia was considered as a local conflict after the fall of the iron curtain. This doesn't make it less of a war, but it wasn't a large scale conflict all countries were involved.
Show threadHistoires MythiquesJan 10
@lordkhan @thinmax @EUCommission It should be called "80 years of peace in WESTERN Europe" (arguably, ignoring colonial conflicts)
Show threadHistoires MythiquesJan 10
@lordkhan @thinmax @EUCommission Still better than the 2000 years before that
Show threadPatrickJan 10
@hist_myth @thinmax @EUCommission yes, that's correct. There's always a war somewhere.
Show threadPēteris KrišjānisJan 10
@lordkhan @EUCommission I think we are mostly afraid. Peace is fragile, and talking and make yourself aware takes guts.
We must realise we are many who wants peace. We shouldn't go alone.
Show threadMab_813Jan 10

@lordkhan @EUCommission

"80 years of peace in Europe"?!
Why are you lying to your kids and pretending that the Balkan wars never happened?

The 1990s weren't that long ago. And you do realize that the Balkans are very much part of Europe?

Show threadPatrickJan 10
@Mab_813 @EUCommission you haven‘t read my other replies and missed the explanation.
Show threadMab_813Jan 10

@lordkhan @EUCommission

I can't find any other replies of you in this thread and "80 years of peace in Europe" is still completely wrong.

Show threadPatrickJan 10
@Mab_813 @EUCommission European countries weren't at war with each other as they used to be. The war in former Yugoslavia came after the fall of the iron curtain and was within a country falling apart. Surely a proxy war between super powers of that time. But I get your point and it's of course valid as I remember especially the Croatian refugees in my city.
Show threadMab_813Jan 10

@lordkhan @EUCommission

You wrote "80 years of peace in Europe" and now you moved the goal posts to claim what you actually meant was "no war between European countries", which doesn't make sense either because Croatia etc. are clearly European countries?

The Balkan Wars happened within the last 80 years, and they are in Europe. Also, Ukraine. Do you really want argue that Ukraine experienced peace from 1945 to 2025?
That's 80 years and Ukraine is clearly in Europe too.

It's time to edit your post and correct your statement about "80 years of peace in Europe" because it's completely wrong. Unless you can imagine time travelling to Sarajevo in 1995 or Mariupol in 2022 and tell the locals to their faces "Isn't it great that we have peace in Europe since the end of World War II?! It's so peaceful here!!"

Show threadPatrickJan 10
@Mab_813 @EUCommission if you put it like that: there never has been real peace anywhere. We had terror attacks all over Europe and of course during and because of the cold war people actually died in Europe, too. We can argue about the definition of war and when a period of peace ended. I am with you that the war in the Ukraine changed a lot and we are not in peace anymore. But you are missing the point: it's possible to unite former enemies and try to live in peace.