ENThe task of interpreting Central European identity in relation to the fall of the Iron Curtain thirty years ago first of all requires an explanation of how we un derstand the term “Central Europe”. We invest more into geopolitical and cul tural maps, rather than geographical ones. As we would like to enlarge Central Europe northwards to the Baltic states and southwards to the Balkans (at least those countries that belong to the EU) [...] [Extract, p. 27].