Central Europe and the West’s Future, by Geza Jeszenszky.

Central Europeans see certain Western tendencies — political correctness, the rejection of Judeo-Christian tenets, including marriage and the family — as aberrations. Contrasting attitudes to centralised bureaucracy, migration and Islam bring that perspective into the sharpest focus. …

The fall of the West is not inconceivable but it would be the end of democracy, prosperity and freedom. …

Central Europe continues to be committed to the traditional values of Europe. … Regrettably, today we are witnessing a deviation from those values by individuals and parties in many democracies, but the majority of the population is not likely to turn away from them. …

The present differences within the Western community could be and should be mended. Failure to do so would threaten our whole civilisation, and only Russia’s President Putin would benefit from that. Differing views should be discussed openly and sincerely. It is foolish to think that the US, Brussels, Chancellor Merkel or George Soros wants the downfall of the West, or that they want to ruin the “new democracies”.

hat-tip Stephen Neil