etc.
To say that Soros has a dual character is an understatement.
On the positive side he genuinely wants to use his speculative wealth to shift resources back to eastern Europe. The proposals as summarised here for his particular fund do sound small and locally relevant.
However it is highly likely that the main funds, supplied by the EU, will not concentrate on regenerating from the bottom up the economic social life process of the people. Instead they will concentrate on "rationalisations" to clear the terrain for big capitalist initiatives that involve sudden massive rural depopulation almost as effective as the Serbs cleansing. The test will be how rapidly the population can get back to economically relevant full employment. I suspect it will not come for many years. That can only exacerbate the tensions that are leading to the terrorisation of minority groups, as Albanian victims turn perpetrator themselves.
Chris Burford
London