HISTORY RETURNS TO EUROPE
as Heraclitus said. In late February, Europeans were still debating COVID-19 and hoping for an end to the pandemic. In Brussels, conversations turned to the latest ideas for the regulation of digital platforms or to the Green Deal. Then the world changed, seemingly overnight. In reality, it was not that fast. On Monday, Feb. 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the recognition of the occupied provinces in eastern Ukraine. In the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 24,
