We at MODERN TIMES have an international line, based on individual freedom and international solidarity – as you our readers can also see from the selection of international books and themes. This time we have MODERN TIMES's attachments ORIENTERING chose Europe's future and the EU as the theme, and we received financial support for this from Fritt Ord – and with Paal Frisvold as the magazine's editor. Frisvold was previously the leader of the European movement. He has worked for the OECD, EFTA and been an adviser to Norwegian interests in Brussels. among other things for the environmental foundation Bellona. I have known Frisvold for a long time, and I still remember our first meeting at night in the late 80's, discussing politics over a beer in Oslo, when he was around 30 years old, and just returned from a couple of years in Beijing. MODERN TIMES is now arranging a debate meeting on the topic at the end of March, so follow us on nytid.no and see our Facebook group www.facebook / groups / nytid for more information. We wish you good reading! Truls Lie, Editor-in-Chief