For a population that had endured executions, repression, hunger and devastating hardship, liberation marked a moment of profound relief and national pride ... For many Athenians, liberation was not simply the departure of foreign troops.
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France’s recurring social unrest has exposed a deepening crisis at the heart of European democracy ...Immigration and integration ... Ultimately, the test of liberal democracy is not whether it can silence its opponents or overpower its critics ... ....