European intellectuals manifesto against rise of populism
Drafted by Lévy. Kundera, Rushdie, Jelinek signed it
27 January, 16:19The manifesto, published in several newspapers, including the Guardian, declared that Europe is "coming apart before our eyes". "We must now will Europe or perish beneath the waves of populism," the document reads, as the Guardian reported.
The manifesto was drafted by the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy.
Signatories included the novelists Milan Kundera and Salman Rushdie and the Nobel prize laureates Svetlana Alexievitch, Herta Müller, Orhan Pamuk and Elfriede Jelinek, such as Roberto Saviano, Eugenio Scalfari and Claudio Magris. (ANSA).