Sentence:  Thanks to the pathological manner in which nationalist nonsense has alienated and continues to alienate the people of Europe from each other; thanks as well to the short-sighted and <WSD>swift-handed</WSD> politicians who have risen to the top with the help of this nonsense, and have no idea of the extent to which the politics of dissolution that they practice and only be entr'acte politics, -- thanks to all this and to some sign that are strictly unmentionable today, the most unambiguous signs declaring that Europe wats to be one are either overlooked or willfully and mendaciously reinterpreted 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Quick to respond or react.