We possess a print-out of a page from the Malvine Project web site, dated 1 June 1999. There are no doubt some who would rather we did not possess such a document, as the current Malvine Project web site link and the version preserved in the WayBack Machine link have been substantially re-written.
The objects of the Malvine Project have always seemed at first glance to be innocuous, for example improving access to constituent archives by means of a homogenous unified database.
The fascinating thing about our print-out, however, is that it places on record an altogether more sinister and ulterior motive. We quote:
The final result will offer a common access to all kinds of authographic materials across the countries. This improved access will bridge the differences in languages and technical development and thus facilitate the growing of a unified Europe (editor's emboldening).
There is a world of difference between the words unified and united. Unified suggests political union or the creation of a single state, united suggests co-operation between independent states.
Thus archives are part of the process of creating an integrated European superstate.
The objects of the Malvine Project have always seemed at first glance to be innocuous, for example improving access to constituent archives by means of a homogenous unified database.
The fascinating thing about our print-out, however, is that it places on record an altogether more sinister and ulterior motive. We quote:
The final result will offer a common access to all kinds of authographic materials across the countries. This improved access will bridge the differences in languages and technical development and thus facilitate the growing of a unified Europe (editor's emboldening).
There is a world of difference between the words unified and united. Unified suggests political union or the creation of a single state, united suggests co-operation between independent states.
Thus archives are part of the process of creating an integrated European superstate.
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